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.
The 2026 Russia-China “Sprouts” business forum has just concluded in Kazan with 21 major agreements and multiple investment MoUs signed. We detail the significance of this event, the deals agreed and how this sets a new path for the development of Russia-China bilateral investments.
The Russian Minister for Trade & Industry has provided Russian President Vladimir Putin with a development assessment of Russia’s performance during 2025 and new updates. With hard evidence to support the data, Western politicians and economists must start to look at the realities or be prepared to be wholly surprised – and their economies overtaken – in the next two years.
Russia and Vietnam have been engaging in numerous discussions and events over the past few months as they seek to double bilateral trade volumes to US$10 billion. We deep dive what has been discussed, development programmes and investments and how the two countries can realise their economic trade target ambitions.
Russia and the Maldives have been discussing improving the flight connectivity and supporting tourism infrastructure between the two countries. We examine the details and the likely developments and impact in this important bilateral tourism trade sector.
Russia-China trade has hit record highs again in H1 2026. Yet there is more to come. We deep-dive the bilateral relationship and look into the massive infrastructure builds and interconnectivity projects under development, and look at all the Russian and Chinese regions involved in significant moves that will completely change the face of Eurasian trade, development, and wealth creation.
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Syria and Russia have resumed direct flights between Damascus and Moscow with a one weekly service. Trade ties should begin to improve as relations get better.
Russia and China have set up a joint automotive Research & Development Centre in St.Petersburg on the site of the old General Motors factory. Specialists will initially focus on component localization, vehicle certification, product testing and validation, and engineering modifications to vehicle designs and individual systems.
India is planning to send cargo ships along the Northern Sea Route from next year, according to Shri Venkatesapathy, the Indian Shipping Ministry joint secretary. For India, the Arctic route can save up to 40% in distance and about two weeks in travel time to most European ports.
Russia has been developing a massive international railway strategy that includes multiple industrial development sectors and infrastructure across Central Asia, the Middle East, India, China, and deep into Southeast Asia on a scale little recognised. We deep dive the expansion of Russia’s railway development, how it is managing this, and the potential new routes that could become available.
The 2026 Uzbekistan-Bashkortostan Business Forum has just taken place in Ufa, Russia. With bilateral trade growing at 20% this year, we deep dive the relationship between Bashkortostan and Uzbekistan, the investments being made and the prospects of the two countries hitting US$30 billion in trade by 2030.
The 2026 Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Forum has just taken place in Omsk. With bilateral trade growing at over 10% in 2026, we deep dive the extent of their regional integration and logistics and examine the US$833 million worth of investments signed during the event as both countries are set to deepen Eurasian connectivity.
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