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.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrovm has held talks with Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, yesterday (July 4). Al Saud is in Moscow on a working visit. The ministers called for maintaining a regular Russian-Saudi dialogue and intensifying delegation exchanges. They stressed the need for promoting […]
Moscow has officially recognized the Taliban in Afghanistan, becoming the first major power to establish formal diplomatic ties with the Islamic government. The Russian Supreme Court had previously removed the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations in April this year, effectively legalizing its activities for the first time since the designation in 2003. The […]
Beijing has increased purchases of Russian metals, according to Chinese customs data. Chinese imports of Russian aluminium jumped nearly 56% year-on-year to almost one million tons between January and May, while copper purchases surged 66% and nickel imports more than doubled, according to the Chinese statistics. While Russia’s largest aluminium producers Rusal and Norilsk Nickel […]
Africa has the potential to become a major market for Russian coal exports and could rank third after China and India in terms of supply volumes, according to Russian Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov. He noted that Africa’s population is expected to exceed 1 billion in the coming decades, positioning the continent as a major […]
Russia has significant potential to increase agricultural exports to Saudi Arabia, with the total export potential of Russian agricultural products to the country estimated at US$1.4 billion by 2030, according to Ilya Ilyushin, Head of the Agroexport Federal Center. He was speaking at the Russian-Saudi GRAS Agro-Industrial Forum in Moscow on June 30. The GRAS Forum is the first-of-its-kind platform […]
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Sberbank Insurance has obtained accreditation in India, according to its CEO Mikhail Volkov. He said that “As a universal insurance company, Sberbank Insurance seeks business development opportunities wherever possible. There are needs that stakeholders expect us to fulfill, such as products required for international trade operations. This isn’t a quick process. It involves complex, specialized […]
With the pending Eurasian Economic Union – Mongolia Free Trade Agreement shortly to come into effect, another vehicle checkpoint is being upgraded on the Russia-Mongolia border, this one being at Tashanta, on the border of the Altai Republic with Tsagaannuur in Mongolia. The border crossing is part of the AH4 international highway, and will be […]
Russia is interested in increasing regular liquefied natural gas supplies to Turkiye and is prepared to participate in joint investment projects to develop the gas market there, according to an intergovernmental commission meeting between the two countries. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has stated that Turkiye had LNG terminals receiving products from all over the world and could […]
Russia and Malaysia have agreed to expand cooperation on the use of nuclear energy, state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced, following high-level talks in Moscow on Friday (June 27). The meeting was attended by Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof. The discussions focused on the use of Rosatom’s Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) technologies. […]
Russia’s Energy Minister, Sergei Tsivilev, has met with Wang Hongzhi, the head of China’s National Energy Administration, at a meeting for energy ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states and discussed current issues around bilateral collaboration in fuel and energy as well as promoting fair energy access throughout the world. Tsivilev and Wang discussed LNG […]
Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have launched two pilot projects in the railway and agricultural engineering sectors with the help of a new Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) funding mechanism, according to Gohar Barseghyan, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Industry and Agroindustry Minister. He was speaking at the 2025 Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk. Barseghyan said that “The EAEU […]
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