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Featured January 29, 2026

Russia’s UAC Sells Six Ilyushin Il-114-300 Turbojets To India’s Flamingo Aerospace

Russian aviation giant United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has signed a deal to supply six Ilyushin Il-114-300 aircraft to India’s Flamingo Aerospace during the Wings India 2026 International Aviation Exhibition at the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on Wednesday (January 28). UAC stated that “The cooperation program is aimed at meeting India’s growing regional aviation needs. […]

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January 28, 2026

Krasnodar’s Sunflower Oil Exports To Iran Up 7.6 Times

The gradual emergence and importance of the International North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is making itself felt, with Russia’s Krasnodar Territory, one of the largest agricultural regions in the country, exporting 252,000 tonnes of sunflower oil to Iran last year, according to the Novorossiysk branch of the Federal Center for Assessing the Safety and Quality of […]

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January 27, 2026

Russian and Indian Cooperation In The Arctic & Antarctic Regions

A working meeting between Russian and Indian representatives of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, (AARI) together with Indian Foreign Minister Aquino Vimal, has taken place in St. Petersburg, during which both parties discussed the development of Russian-Indian scientific cooperation in the Arctic and polar regions. The AARI stated that “the meeting is a continuation […]

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January 25, 2026

Russia’s FESCO Launches Vladivostok – Qinzhou Direct Shipping Service

Russia’s FESCO Transportation Group has expanded its maritime service connecting Vladivostok with ports in south China, with Qinzhou being added to the available routes. This will provide additional opportunities for the delivery of goods to and from Vladivostok and Qinzhou, which is about 358 nautical miles east of Hong Kong. Qinzhou is the main port […]

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January 21, 2026

The Arctic: Structural Power, Strategic Geography, and the Real Balance of Military Forces in the High North

For much of the post-Cold War period, the Arctic existed outside the main currents of global geopolitics. Covered by ice, distant from population centers, and governed by cooperative mechanisms, the High North was widely perceived as a region immune to confrontation. This assumption has gradually dissolved. Climate transformation, technological adaptation, and global power redistribution have […]

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January 20, 2026

Russia Discontinues UK’s Inmarsat Satellite Tracking For Fishing Vessels

Russia’s fishing industry has discontinued the use of the UK’s Inmarsat satellite terminals to track its fishing vessels. Instead, it has switched to using exclusively Russian orbital constellations (Gonets, Yamal and Express) since January 1 to transmit vessel location data to the industry monitoring system (IMS), the Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) has stated. The move […]

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January 13, 2026

Russia’s Designs On Greenland

The future of Greenland has again been placed on the front page news following the success of the United States operation in kidnapping the Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, and forcibly repatriating him to the United States. That brazen operation has a sequel – renewed calls for Greenland to be taken over by the United States […]

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January 12, 2026

Russian Aviation Drone Market To Grow 20-30% In 2026

Aleksandr Zamyatin, the head of the strategic projects implementation direction at JSC GLONASS, has stated that growth of 20-30% in the Russian drone market sector will be achieved due to the “Russification” of equipment and the appearance of competent domestic services. The Russian unmanned aviation market in 2026 may exceed ₽40 billion (US$508 million), demonstrating […]

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January 8, 2026

Russia Prioritizes Murmansk Over Baltic Sea

Murmansk has received the status of a ‘Strategic Transport Hub’ and is eligible for more state-level funding and development. The move, prioritized by Russian President Vladimir Putin comes as Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, advised that the Baltic Sea could turn into an inland sea for NATO as Finland and Sweden […]

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January 7, 2026

India & Russia Coordinate Logistics To Boost Trade To US$100 Billion

At the Indian-Russian trade forum held last month, key agreements were signed to develop bilateral trade, with attention being paid to mutual transport links and infrastructure. Key projects include enhancements along the North-South and East Maritime Corridors, as well as the Vladivostok-Chennai route. Both countries are seeking to boost their bilateral trade to US$100 billion […]

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