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Featured October 12, 2026

Private Mutual Investment Funds On Moscow Exchange Up 320% In September 2026

In signs of increasing confidence in the Russian economy, private investors boosted investments in mutual investment funds on the Moscow Exchange by 320% year-on-year to ₽19.7 billion (US$231.5 million) in September 2026. Russia has long tried to access the estimated US$80 trillion stored in private bank accounts and appears to be having some success in motivating domestic private capital to seek better returns and invest into the Russian economy and business sector.

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Featured October 12, 2026

Russia, Commonwealth Of Independent States 2026 Trade Turnover On Track To Reach US$130 Billion

Intra-Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) trade is up 19% in H1 2026, although Russian President Putin has asked for trade barriers to be lowered to increase multilateral trade still further. The effective CIS members are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Ukraine began exiting the bloc in 2014 but has not been able to secure trade guarantees with the European Union either – leaving it in de facto trade limbo and with no eastern markets.

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October 12, 2026

Russian Fish Exports To Brazil Up 1,400% In 9M 2026

Russian exports of fish – especially dried fish – are up 1,400% in 9M 2026, as the snack is used as an accompaniment to drinking beer and is proving popular with Brazilian football supporters watching local and international games in bars. Russian exporters are competing with Norway for this market.

October 11, 2026

The Gilan Iran-Russia Trade Development Summit: Turning The Caspian Coastline Into Iran’s Russian Trade Strategy

The first Iran-Russia Trade Development summit has taken place in Bandar Anzali, and places a sharply defined economic proposition at the centre of Tehran’s northern trade strategy. The Caspian Sea acts as a gateway to Russia’s US$300 billion annual import market into substantially larger non-oil exports, transit flows and cross-border investment. We deep dive the bilateral Russia-Iran trade and investment developments.

October 11, 2026

Rosatom Ready To Connect Bangladesh’s Rooppur NPP To The National Grid

Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant will be connected to the power grid at the end of November by Rosatom. The Rooppur nuclear plant, Bangladesh’s most expensive infrastructure facility, has heavy backing from Russia. Moscow has financed US$11.9 billion in state loans for the project, which is estimated to cost up to US$12.8 billion. The plant will provide 12% of Bangladesh’s electricity needs.

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October 10, 2026

Trump To Buy 3 Million Tonnes Of Russian Diesel For US Market

US President Trump has agreed to purchase 3 million tonnes of diesel oil from Russia to alliveviate American shortages, in moves that have shocked Europe and Ukraine. We examine what the deal actually involves, the value, and the implications for US-Russia and US-Europe-Ukrane political relations moving ahead.

October 10, 2026

Sberbank Creates Direct Financial Settlement Mechanism With Myanmar

Sberbank has completed preparations for direct financial settlements with Myanmar, which will support major state contracts and commodity flows. Financial settlements for commodity exports and imports of agricultural products, fertilizers and mechanical engineering will also use the system. The development negates the use of SWIFT and the US dollar as payment tools, while a key element of the scheme is Sberbank’s Indian branch, which provides access to payments in Indian rupees and connects Myanmar companies with Russia, India and the Commonwealth of Independent States markets.

October 10, 2026

Kuibyshev Railway Sends First Wheat Exports To Vietnam By Rail

Kuibyshev Railways and the Deng Xiaoping Terminal in Russia’s Tatarstan region has sent its first container train of wheat by rail to Vietnam. The train, consisting of 76 containers with 2,000 tonnes of wheat, departed from the hub’s One Belt One Road terminal, and will finish its journey in Vladivostok. From there, the containers will be sent to Vietnam by sea.

October 9, 2026

Russia, Turkmenistan Bilateral Relations: October 2026 Update

The Russian and Turkmenistan Presidents have held a bilateral meeting at Avaza, a national tourist zone on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast, located near the city of Turkmenbashi. Current bilateral trade is about US$2.5 billion and has been growing significantly the past two years. Both governments have set a target to double trade by 2030. We discuss the bilateral trade makeup.

October 9, 2026

Wildberries To Set Up US$300 Million, Class A Logistics Centre In Uzbekistan

Wildberries are investing US$300 million into a Class A logistics centre in Tashkent, with a view to develop it as a hub for Central Asian e-commerce markets. The value of Russian-Uzbek cooperation projects currently includes more than 200 investments worth about US$6 billion.

October 9, 2026

Russia’s KAMAZ signs US$51.5 Million Contract To Sell Trucks & Assembly Lines To Mali

Mali’s Transport and Logistics Company has signed a US$51.5 million deal with KAMAZ to buy a range of trucks to improve its transport and logistics infrastructure. The deal provides the vehicles and could be extended to localise production and train maintenance engineers.