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Featured May 18, 2026
Russia, Tanzania Working On Bilateral Investment Treaty
Russia and Tanzania are negotiating a bilateral investment treaty to help underpin their mutual trade, which grew by 20% in 2025.
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Featured May 1, 2026
Georgian, Commonwealth Of Independent States Truck Drivers Can Stay In Russia For 6 Months Each Year: Application Procedures
Russia will permit truck drivers from Georgia and the CIS countries to remain in Russia for 183 days in every year to allow them to work continuously. The scheme kicks in from June 30. We provide the application details.
March 14, 2026
Moscow Court Upholds Tattoo Ruling In Favour Of US Domino’s Pizza
A Moscow regional court has ruled in favour of US Domino’s Pizza after a Russian national got tattooed with their logo and won a competition to have free Domino’s Pizza for 100 years. The company pulled out of the Russian market in 2023 and bankrupted their local franchisee. We explain the upholding of international legal protocols by Russia in this unusual case.
February 23, 2026
Proposals Made To Convert All of Siberia Into A Unified Special Economic Zone
The creation of a unified Special Economic Zone (SEZ) covering the entire Siberian Federal District, with common tax and investment preferences for each region within it, could become a driver for Siberian development, according to Elena Bezdenezhnykh, the vice president of JSC Rusal Management. She said that “We have 59 SEZs in the country. The […]
February 7, 2026
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s Trade Mission To Brazil: Bilateral Analysis
Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to Brazil on 5 February 2026 came at a moment when both Russia and Brazil are redefining their economic and geopolitical positioning in an increasingly fragmented world. Against the backdrop of global trade disruption and Western coercive pressure on Russia, together with Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s search […]
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January 20, 2026
US Court Approval Required To Restructure Gazprom’s Equity Stake In Hungary and Serbia Oil Sector
Further proof of European acquiescence to the United States has shown itself in that European mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lawyers now need to gain accreditation in the United States to handle some cross-border M&A deals in the European Union itself. The convoluted arrangement has manifested itself through a complex agreement concerning Russia’s Gazprom and Hungary’s […]
January 18, 2026
First Arbitration Hearing For Russia’s €200 Billion Claim Against Euroclear To Be Heard In Closed Session
The Moscow Arbitration Court has granted the application of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to consider the regulator’s lawsuit against the Belgian depository Euroclear for €200 billion in a closed court session. The decision was confirmed on Friday (January 16). A statement issued by the bank read, “The Central Bank of Russia requests to […]
January 18, 2026
Russian Government Submits Myanmar Bilateral Investment Treaty Agreement For Duma Approval
The Russian government has submitted a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) agreement on the promotion and protection of investments between Russia and Myanmar to the State Duma for ratification. The agreement establishes a procedure for protecting investments, including procedures for compensating for expropriation and for resolving investment disputes. The agreement was originally signed off by both […]
January 14, 2026
When Will the Russia–Ukraine War End? History Points To A Yalta 2.0
The former Pentagon officer David Pyne has stated that there are clear indications that US President Donald Trump remains committed to mediating a peace deal with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, but the challenge lies with his hawkish senior cabinet advisers. Pyne has said that “They keep telling him that no peace deal […]
January 14, 2026
Russia-China Joint Venture Redomiciles From Cyprus to Vladivostok
The joint venture between Russia’s SIBUR and China’s Sinopec, which owns the Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubber Plant (KZSK), has redomiciled from Cyprus to the special administrative region on Russky Island, Vladivostok Urban District, the Unified State Registry of Legal Entities (USRLE) has stated. The USRLE said that Sibur-Sinopec Rubber Holding Company International LLC redomiciled in late […]
January 1, 2026
Good News: 2026 Changes To Russia’s Social Payments System
Russia is introducing multiple improvements to its various social security payments to citizens during 2026, with increases across the board—good news for Russian nationals. These range from financial support for families to taxation and pension payments. Basic pension indexations will be implemented, new tax breaks for families with children will be introduced, and other measures […]