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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.

Featured April 17, 2024

Russia, Azerbaijan Intensify Work To Complete International North-South Transport Corridor

Russia and Azerbaijan have intensified work on the development of different segments of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), according to Alexander Sitov, the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, speaking in Baku. “There are several segments of cooperation with Azerbaijan regarding the activation of the […]

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Featured April 16, 2024

Northern Sea Route To Be A Major Part Of The Belt & Road Initiative

The Arctic, endowed with significant resource wealth, is envisioned as an advantageous multimodal transportation link that presently enables a connection between the Asia-Pacific and European regions. Legal issues surrounding the Arctic’s jurisdiction provoke contention over rights to these lands, drawing in not just the circumjacent sovereign states but also nations keen on making inroads into […]

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April 12, 2024

Russia Warming To China’s Belt & Road Initiative Projects

When Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative over a decade ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin was not enthusiastic about the massive infrastructure drive moving into his country’s “backyard”. Moscow saw landlocked former Soviet countries in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as within its orbit and the belt and road as […]

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March 31, 2024

Northern Sea Route To See Record Shipping Volumes During 2024

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects record volumes of traffic along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) during 2024, CEO Alexei Likhachev said during last weeks ‘Developing the Northern Sea Route: Results for 2023’, and ‘Plans up to 2035’ meetings. Likhachev also said that the volume of transportation currently significantly exceeds the figures for the […]

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March 26, 2024

Russia’s Oil Supplies To North Korea Increase As Sanctions Fail

The Financial Times has reported that Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions, further cementing ties between the two countries and dealing a new blow to international efforts to contain Pyongyang. At least five North Korean large oil tankers have travelled this month to collect oil products from […]

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March 25, 2024

Russian Airlines Launch New Flights To China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Dubai, Philippines and Vietnam

The new spring 2024 schedule for Russian airlines flight schedules includes the opening of new foreign destinations and the resumption of previously existing, but mothballed routes. Details are as follows: Russia-China Yakutia Airlines are to begin operating direct regular flights on the Yekaterinburg-Beijing route from April 4, with departures three times a week on Mondays, […]

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March 24, 2024

Gazprom Starts Connecting Strategic Asian Gas Pipelines

Russian energy giant Gazprom has begun work aimed at linking the country’s gas pipelines into a nationwide gas transportation system, the company has announced on its official Telegram channel.  According to the announcement, the company launched construction of the 800km Belogorsk-Khabarovsk section of a new pipeline in Russia’s Far East, which will eventually connect the […]

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March 23, 2024

Russian Tourist Visits To Egypt Hit Record High In 2023

With the European Union fully suspending the visa-facilitation agreement between the European Union and Russia as part of sanctions in 2022, and European airlines no longer providing direct flights, alternative destinations for Russian nationals replacing European destinations are now in vogue. That trend can be seen in the tourist traffic from Russia to Egypt, which […]

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March 22, 2024

Russia Targets 160 New Arctic Class Ships For Northern Sea Route By 2030

Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear powered icebreaker manufacturer, sees a need for 160 high-ice-class vessels to operate on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) by 2030 to export products from Arctic projects, according to a presentation by Vyacheslav Ruksha, Deputy General Director of Rosatom and Director of the NSR Directorate. Russia is the only country with a fleet […]

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March 22, 2024

Houthi Red Sea Attacks: “We Will Not Target Russian or Chinese Shipping”

The Yemen-based Houthi militants have told Russia and China that their ships can sail freely through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without fear of being attacked. An understanding was reached during talks in Oman involving Russian and Chinese diplomats and senior Houthi political figures. The Houthi rebels have carried out dozens of drone […]

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