Middle East

EAEU Container

Fast Eurasian Agro-Express Green Corridor To Be Extended To Iran, UAE & Mongolia

Agriculture, China, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East

The Eurasian Agro-Express service, which was originally designed to service the Chinese markets and Southeast Asian markets with high-speed deliveries of perishable goods from Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union, could be extended.    Andrei Slepnev, the Minister for trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), stated at the fourth Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk on […]

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India

India Bought 80% Of Russia’s Seaborne Urals Crude During January-May 2025

Energy, Exports, India, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Trade

India has purchased 80% of Russia’s seaborne Urals crude exports this year, with two private refineries increasingly buying more of this variety, according to data analytics provider Kpler.  Indian conglomerates Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy have bought 45% of the Urals crude imported into the country, with India purchasing 231 million barrels of Urals crude this

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Putin Q&A

President Putin Q&A On Multipolarity, Iran, Ukraine, Nuclear War, & Foreign Investment  

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment, Investment, Middle East, Russian Market, Security

President Putin has engaged in a lengthy, moderated Q&A session, with Nadim Koteich, of Sky News Arabia the moderator at the SPIEF 2025 event. Questions were direct and included involved answers from Putin about the concept of developing a multipolar global society, in-depth discussions about the Israel-Iran conflict, the Ukraine conflict, and issues pertaining to

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Conflict

Iran Conflict: Impact on Russian Air Travelers & Cargo

Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russian Market

The Iran conflict has escalated and is introducing logistics problems for Russians and other foreigners in the Middle East region, with the impact being felt from Egypt, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Qatar, while also affecting onwards transit to India, China and other Asian destinations. Russian logistics companies are seeing delays in the

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Araghchi-Putin

Russia, Iran Hold Talks, As Tehran To Decide On Closing Hormuz: Implications   

Asia, China, Energy, Exports, India, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Security

The Russian President is to hold meetings with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi in Moscow to discuss the latest developments as concerns the Israeli and American attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday (June 21). There have been disputed accounts over the actual damage caused, with US President Donald Trump declaring “a complete success”

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Bahrain

Russia, Bahrain to Create Middle East Grain Distribution Hub

Agriculture, Exports, Infrastructure, Middle East

Russia and Bahrain are creating a hub for Russian wheat shipments, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday (June 20). He stated that “Together with our friends from Bahrain, we are going to create a whole hub for shipping wheat from Russia. Many Arabic countries are interested in

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Commodities

International Commodity & Futures Exchange Combining Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, Iran & China Launched

China, Eurasian Economic Union, India, Infrastructure, Middle East, Russian Market, Trade

Multiple Eurasian commodity and futures exchanges have signed a declaration on establishing the International Association of Commodity and Futures Exchanges. This new association is intended to become a platform for interaction among commodity and futures exchanges from EAEU+, SCO, and BRICS+ countries. This will enable coordinated policies for developing organized commodity markets. Participants include the

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Blue Cat

Russia’s ‘New’ Danone Significantly Increases Production After Russian Takeover, Targets Middle East

Agriculture, Exports, Middle East, Trade

Russia’s H&N (Health & Nutrition), which incorporates the former assets of France’s Danone that exited Russia, increased its revenue 21.6% to over ₽140 billion (€1.54 billion) last year, while production grew 20.6% to nearly 950,000 tonnes. Danone, which had operated successfully in Russia for over 30 years, completed its Russian business sale to Vamin R LLC of Tatarstan

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Isreal Iran

Russia’s Current Relations and Trade With Iran and Israel

BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Middle East, Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held discussions with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in the wake of this weekend’s attacks by Israel on Iran and the subsequent Iranian retaliation. It is believed he is the only world leader still able to discuss – and potentially mediate – between

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