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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.

Featured May 13, 2025

US-China Tariff Consequences: The Domino Effect

The US-China economic struggle is a tangled issue that involves both industrial and financial decoupling. The tariff saga initiated by the US in 2025 has caused not only a Chinese, but a global rethinking of buying and holding US debt. The old global model was that China would sell goods into the US and stockpile […]

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Featured May 13, 2025

Two Terminals Developing near the Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang Railway Bridge on the Border with China

The Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge is the first cross-river railway bridge between China and Russia. It is located across the Heilongjiang River, which is known as the Amur River in Russia. Also known as the Amur railway bridge, it connects Tongjiang city in the northeastern Heilongjiang province of China and Nizhneleninskoye in the eastern Jewish Autonomous […]

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May 13, 2025

Russia Plans to Build more than 1,600 Ships by 2036

The basic road map for shipbuilding development is for Russian shipyards to build more than 1600 ships and marine equipment by 2036. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov at a meeting of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with his deputies. According to Mr. Manturov, priority is given to ships for the Northern […]

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May 12, 2025

A Low-Cost Artificial Neuron has been Created

The new generator simulates “spikes” – electrical impulses that neurons use to communicate with each other Specialists of the N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State National Research University have developed an artificial neuron that imitates the work of real nerve cells, the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation reported. The […]

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May 12, 2025

Russian Oil Exports Grew on Low Prices and Freight Rates

Lower oil prices and freight rates contributed to the growth of Russian crude exports. At the end of April, shipments through ports rose to 448,000 tons per day, as calculated in the Center for Price Indices (CPI), returning to the level of December, before the recent introduction of ever-larger U.S. sanctions. Given the stable demand […]

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May 12, 2025

Russia, Nigeria and the Future

The 80th Victory Day celebrations are now over and upon reflection a great many events took place which now can be examined in greater detail. Nigeria and Russia is just one example of sovereign relations that are growing closer, from economics and trade to security issues. From the military side, the Russian Defense Minister Andrey […]

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May 11, 2025

Krasnoyarsk Region field named discovery of the year

The Krasnoyarsk Territory retains its position as one of the key Russian regions in hydrocarbon production. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation named the North Baikalovskoye field in Taimyr as one of the discoveries of 2024. It was included in the list of 39 new hydrocarbon fields in the country. […]

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May 10, 2025

Russia, Republic of Congo Relations: 2025 Update

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has met Denis Sassou Nguesso, the President of the Republic of the Congo, along with a significant Russian delegation that also included Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive […]

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May 10, 2025

Russia, Brazil Bilateral Relations: 2025 Update  

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Moscow as part of the Victory Day celebrations. Bilateral discussions were also held at the Kremlin. Both countries are founding members of the BRICS group, with Brazil holding the Chairmanship during 2025.    This is what they had to […]

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May 9, 2025

China, Russia, Sign Multiple Agreements Following 7 Hour Putin-Xi Talks: Statements  

Russia and China have signed nearly three dozen agreements following negotiations between presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow. The two leaders talked for more than seven hours, with agreed documents ranging from joint statements on strengthening their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between the two nations, to declarations in support of the global […]

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