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.
Construction has begun to develop the Naida Deep Water Port at Tiksi in the Russian Arctic. This will be part of the China-Russia TransArctic Corridor which connects Northern China’s industrial base to the Russian Arctic and provides faster access to European markets for Chinese exporters.
Russian Railways (RZD) has announced they are looking at new development markets in friendly countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. The company already has numerous international projects and is looking to develop more to feed Russia’s global trade expansion plans.
The (BRICS) New Development Bank has been given a new strategic focus with its New Investment Platform giving it a far more significant role in trade development and investment. This has flown somewhat under the radar and been little commented on – however the implications are substantial. It will significantly improve BRICS trade and investment as well as change global trade flows. We explain the NDB’s New Investment Platform, what it includes, how it works and the impact on project financing and future trade.
The BRICS 2026 Summit in New Delhi has concluded, resulting in a unanimous, 100 point ‘Delhi Declaration’, and over 50 planned initiatives. With BRICS now responsible for nearly 40% of global GDP and 25% of global exports, what these documents contain matters. We deep dive the results and provide analysis of what BRICS 2026 achieved, the development path ahead and the implications for global trade.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has met with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, with both sides having sizeable delegations. The main points raised were in bilateral agriculture, finance, security, and energy developments and cooperation. We detail these issues as bilateral trade continues to grow by 13% per annum.
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President Putin has met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in New Delhi. The two sides have plenty of development issues to discuss. The UAE-EAEU Free Trade Agreement commences next month, while Russia and the UAE commenced their extensive Trade in Services and Investment Agreement last month. Trade between the two sides is at record levels but is about to undergo a significant, global logistics changing metamorphosis – the Joint Venture between Russia’s FESCO Transport and the UAE’s DP World has created the world’s largest logistics business. This will fundamentally alter Middle Eastern and Asian trade flows, while completely reinventing the UAE economy.
The 2026 BRICS Heads of State Summit begins on Saturday, September 12, with India hosting in New Delhi. The summit brings together an enlarged 11-member BRICS at a time of geopolitical conflict, energy disruption, trade tensions and renewed concern about the resilience of global supply chains. Representing about 49% of the world’s population, 40% of global GDP and nearly 26% of world trade, we deep dive the event, examine what to look out for, opportunities to develop, problems to overcome, and the longer term implications for world trade.
Indian airlines have firmed up orders for 105 Ilyushin-114-300 turboprops in a unique arrangement: the initial batch of aircraft will be built in Russia and overseen by India engineers. The production line and technology transfer will then be passed to India where the aircraft will then be made under a licencing agreement with Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).
Most reports on the Putin-To Lam meetings omitted details of the two countries 50-Point Joint Statement and the 21 strategic development documents. In this follow-up artcle we identify in detail exactly what these were and the implications for Russia-Vietnam-ASEAN trade development. It is essential reading for anyone involved in ASEAN affairs.
The Russian and Vietnamese Presidents have met in Moscow with sizeable delegations accompanying them. Comprehensive talks were held concerning energy, infrastructure, investments and finance, with an emphasis on direct Moscow-Hanoi rail connectivity, nuclear power, and a near-tripling of bilateral trade by 2030. We provide full details of what was discussed and the implications for Vietnam and the wider ASEAN region.
China has built up a US$240 billion portfolio of planned investments into Russia. We examine the varying sectors where these are to be implemented, including trends towards bilateral energy corridors, industrial localization, logistics, finance and tourism. With Russian inbound FDI ignored by the West, the Chinese are taking advantage – and may be motivated by the possibility of the United States to begin doing the same- putting serious capital into Russian supply chain infrastructure.
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