Middle East

Russia, Sudan To Sign Multiple Oil Exploration Deals 

Africa, Energy, Investment, Middle East, Security

Russian oil companies have finalized numerous oil exploration agreements with Sudan, including industrial and commercial deals. “There are 22 separate (oil) fields in Sudan, more than 70% of which are located in safe areas, in the north, in the east, in Khartoum and north of it. Most are in safe areas, and Russian companies, anmely […]

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Russia To Continue Supplying Commodities To Syria Despite Contractual & Payment Uncertainties 

Agriculture, Middle East, Security, Trade

Russia is taking a ‘wait and see’ response to the situation in Syria, where its wheat supplies are amongst the countries largest. Syria imports about 2 million tons of Russian wheat per annum.  Disruption of Russian wheat supplies could risk mass hunger in the country, which has a population of over 23 million people, with

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Assad Arrives In Moscow As Russia Prepares To Defend Syrian Assets

Infrastructure, Middle East, Security

The deposed Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Moscow with his family and has been granted asylum on ‘humanitarian’ grounds. Syrian militants, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which has connections with Al-Queda, have apparently taken control of the country, although the situation remains fluid. Moscow has called for the resumption of

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Russia Iran Syria

Russia Discusses Syria Conflict With Iran: Other Vested Interests

Middle East, Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Russia’s pivot to Asia has taken on a new security dimension with the escalation of violence in Syria, where the government has come under attack from the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group, its allies, and carried out a major attack on Aleppo and other settlements in northern Syria that were under the protection of the Syrian

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Iran

Russian Gauge Railway To Connect With Iranian Gulf Ports & INSTC  

BRICS, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Russia and Iran are negotiating the construction of a Russian-standard gauge railway from the Iranian city of Parsabad on the Iranian border with Azerbaijan, to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf coast, according to Kazem Jalali, the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow. Russian rail gauge is 1,520 mm wide, Iran’s is 1,435

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INSTC

Oman and Qatar Want To Join The North-South Transport Corridor

Africa, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Trade

Oman and Qatar are interested in expanding the North-South International Transport Corridor (ITC), the multimodal supply chain route that stretches from Russia’s Caspian Sea coast to Iran and onto South Asia. Marat Zembatov, a member of the Russian-Omani Business Council at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, and a member of the transport

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Trump Russia

What A Trump Presidency Will Mean For Russia – Part One – Ukraine & The Middle East

Middle East, Security

Part One – Conflict Resolution With Donald Trump about to become the 47th President of the United States, we look at the various issues his Presidency is likely to impact upon Russia, from Ukraine, Sanctions, Security, Tariffs, Trade and BRICS. In this Part One, we look at conflict resolution. Hold Your Breath Trump will not

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Russia Buys Arabic Butter As Consumer Trends See Domestic Consumption Skyrocket

Agriculture, Imports, Middle East, Russian Market, Trade

Russia has begun to purchase butter from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first time it has imported the product from the country. Before, the European Union was a major source of the product, with 28% of all EU butter exports going to Russia.     Russia began importing UAE butter on October 18, and in the

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