Russia is investing huge sums of capital in developing infrastructure, especially in its border regions, ranging from Georgia and Azerbaijan to Turkiye, the Middle East, and deeper into Asia. This creates additional opportunities in commerce and trade as these begin to come into service. Optimize your Russia-Eurasia supply chain. Get news and analysis on Eurasian transport corridors, freight solutions, and customs. Essential for logistics providers and international traders.
Russia is continuing to discuss visa-free travel for Bahrain and Kuwait nationals. This is already in effect with Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Mutual tourism between Bahrain, Kuwait and Russia has been increasing.
The CIS Council of Foreign Ministers has met in Turkmenistan, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attending. Overlooked in the mainstream media, the event introduced some strategically dynamic changes to its participation, including Iran and new concepts for Eurasian connectivity and development with wide reaching implications. This article is of primary importance to anyone involved in Eurasian affairs.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, held talks with Rashid Meredov, the Turkmenistan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Turkmenistan is strategically positioned along the “Middle Corridor,” which serves as a crucial trade route between East and West and especially so given the developing INSTC routes between Russia, Iran and Central Asia via the Caspian Sea. We examine the latest bilateral trade and development issues.
Russia’s Ural Airlines is to commence thrice-weekly, direct flights between Yekaterinburg and New Delhi from Sunday, October 25. Additional plans are being made to increase direct Russia-India weekly flights to various destinations from the current 15 to over 70 in the coming months due to business, investment and tourism demand.
Russia’s trade with Oman is undergoing a substantial transformation due to an increasing INSTC interconnectivity, a more liberal regulatory and financial policy than the UAE, and the potential to reach out to other Middle Eastern, South Asian and East African export markets. We examine why bilateral trade is taking off and the underlying drivers.
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The Russian Foreign Minister, Prime and Deputy Prime Ministers have all held a series of meetings with senior Iranian officials including the President, and Foreign and Trade Ministers. We examine the security issues, two separate rail connectivity developments, nuclear energy, bilateral trade growth and where Iran is poised to fit into the Eurasian and African trade and supply chains. It is essential reading for anyone involved in Middle Eastern and Central Asian affairs.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Russia-Saudi partnership is becoming a central pillar of the wider BRICS + Middle Eastern-Eurasian integrated economic ecosystem and an anchor of what analysts increasingly describe as greater Eurasian-Middle Eastern comprehensive integration, a process that is destined to reshape global supply chains, investment flows, effective connectivity projects, and industrial cooperation patterns across the Global South. In 2025, bilateral trade exceeded US$4 billion, growing by 40%, while in Q1 2026, trade turnover also increased.
Russia’s recent trade and bilateral development ties with Azerbaijan have been erratic due to political tensions and regional problems. However both sides now seem ready to move ahead, especially as they both participate in the Western corridor of the INSTC and stand to gain from increased trade along this route. We deep dive the bilateral dynamics and assess what is happening in terms of mutual commercial and regional infrastructure and investment developments – including links with Iran.
Russia has been looking to expand and develop its trade with African nations, sometimes with mixed results. Progress has tended to be made with Russian exports of energy products, fertilizers and agriculture, yet offset by logistics difficulties, a lack of trade supporting mechanisms, a lack of investment, the threat of secondary sanctions on African exporters, and security issues concerning Black Sea shipping. In this article we examine Russia’s trade with Togo.
Russia has unveiled its first hydrogen-powered train, one of a only a few countries in the world with this technology. The train is to undergo more testing, and when certified, will go into service in Sakhalin as part of the Russian Far East ‘Hydrogen energy hub’ in late 2027/28.
Russia has recommenced the construction of the Rascht-Astara railway line in northern Iran, a vital connectivity hub from Azerbaijan that will complete and significantly enhance the capacity of the INSTC. The total cost of the project is US$1.8 billion, of which Russia will provide US$1.46 billion. Once completed in 2030, the railway is expected to carry at least 15 million tonnes of freight a year with onward connectivity from Russia to India and South Asia.
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