Russia actively courts investment from “friendly” nations like India and China, focusing on sectors like tech, energy, infrastructure (PPPs), and non-Western markets through forums like BRICS and the CIS, targeting growth in specific areas like high-tech manufacturing, aviation, and automotive. Russia’s FDI investment stock is worth about US$326 billion. At the same time, Russia also actively invests in emerging economies throughout the Global South, and particularly in areas that can boost its exports. This section provides expert analysis, market trends, and risk assessment for foreign investors looking to capitalize on the inbound and outbound Russian investment market.
Russian energy companies could help modernize and restore the Cuban energy system, the Russian Energy Ministry said following a meeting between Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev and Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga. The parties discussed the involvement of Russian companies in the construction of a new 200 MW power unit and overhauling […]
Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit has stated that Russian airlines are to sign contracts for 200 MS-21 aircraft, with the certification process for the aircraft already underway. He was speaking at the 2025 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Western aircraft manufacturers have lost the Russian market after Western countries imposed bans on aircraft from […]
A general contract with Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan will be signed after the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements to regulate bilateral cooperation and financing issues, according to the Kazakh Nuclear Energy Agency (NNC) They have stated that “This contract will be signed after the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements between Kazakhstan and […]
Foreign transport companies, including those from the CIS countries, are showing great interest in studying Russia’s approaches to building the country’s first high-speed railway (HSR), according to Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit. Russia is preparing to build an HSR between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Starovit said that “The subject of the high-speed railway is a […]
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadeghi and Russia’s Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit signed an agreement on the development of transport and transit cooperation for 2025. The core element of the agreement, signed in Tehran on February 18, is the completion of the long-delayed Rasht-Astara railway in Iran with Russia’s assistance, according to Iran’s […]
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The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met Sergey Melikov, the Head of the Republic of Dagestan in Moscow. Dagestan is an autonomous Republic within the Russian Federation, and a primarily Muslim region. Lavrov stated that “Muslims from Dagestan and Russia are making an important contribution to keeping centuries-old traditions of Islam and strengthening spiritual […]
According to forecasts by the Association of Exporters and Importers (AEI) of Russia, significant growth in export cargo flows through the port of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Territory is expected by 2030. The volume of exports could reach 250 million tons per year. To cope with the existing shortage of port throughput capacity, several initiatives […]
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with Oleg Bartsits, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia, in Moscow to discuss bilateral plans and continued development efforts in the South Caucasus region. The meeting was the first since Bartsits’ appointment in April. He had previously been a trade representative for Abkhazia in Moscow. […]
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said that building up Russia’s national satellite constellation will make it possible to cover the whole of the country’s territory, including the Arctic, with stable communication channels by 2030. Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects on Friday (June 6) he […]
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, and Russia’s Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov discussed the joint production of satellites at a meeting on Friday (June 6) Iran’s embassy has stated. The embassy said “The two sides exchanged views and discussed the several aspects of space cooperation between Russia and Iran: development of advanced technologies, joint design […]
Sergey Pavlushkin, a director of the Association of Shipowners of Western Siberia has stated that traffic volumes along the regions rivers has been growing steadily with annual increases of 20-25% since 2019. Between 2015 and 2024, local river transport volumes rose from 80,000 to 431,000 passengers and from 700,000 to nearly 1.6 million tonnes of […]
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