The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov has met with Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the African Union chair, in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Russia is pro-African development and wants to see it gain seats on the UN Security Council.
Senior Russian and Armenian officials have met in Ekerterinburg to discuss EAEU trade and development just two weeks after Armenian elections appointed a pro-EU government. We examine the situation and provide the geopolitical analysis.
The Indian Ambassador to Russia has said that discussions concerning a Russia-India Bilateral Investment Treaty and the Eurasian Economic Union-India Free Trade Agreement are both progressing. Both sides have committed to adding another $40 billion to their trade by 2030 suggesting progress may be within reach.
Russia’s wheat exports to Tanzania are up 16% year on year while overall wheat exports to East Africa are up 26% also driven by Kenya and Uganda. Tanzania is a major wheat consumer but needs to import about 90% of its annual requirements.
Russian warships from the Pacific fleet in Vladivostok have arrived in Qingdao on the east China coast to participate in Yellow Sea and Pacific Ocean naval exercises which are to run from July 6-13. They include live fire drills and simulated submarine rescue operations as part of an ongoing maritime cooperation treaty.
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Freight trade between Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran along the Western route of the INSTC rose by 50% in June as a result of Iran shifting its supply chains north. This is having a significant impact on new Caspian-Eurasian trade flows.
The Eurasian Economic Commission has met to discuss protocols concerning the EAEU-Mongolia Free Trade Agreement, which is set to commence from July 22. Meetings were held with Mongolian government and business representatives as part of the ‘Mongolia to Eurasia Strategic Dialogue’.
Russia is developing a new Arctic International Research Station in Nenets, to study engineering, life support and other solutions in cold weather environments.
We examine the Russian Far East and its increasing infrastructure and trade integration with the rest of Asia, including specific attention to China, India, ASEAN and the Middle East.
Vladivostok’s commercial seaport is to expand its TEU handling capacity by 15% over the next 18 months based on China and Asia trade demand. The investment is symptomatic of Russias eastern trade volume trends.
Russia’s Murmansk Seaport is successfully recalibrating its energy trade from Northern Europe to China, doubling its Iron Ore exports to China’s massive steel industry in H1 2026.
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