Kazakhstan is having to redirect oil exports flows away from Germany due to Ukrainian refusals to open the Druzhba pipeline to the EU. Supplies are instead being redirected to Russia and the Caspian states. Kazakhstan has been supplying about 2.5% of Germany’s total annual oil imports, with the current situation increasing more pressure on Germany’s fragile economic state.
Russia’s exports of chicken eggs have been increasing, with the Mongolian consumer market reacting after their Free Trade Agreement with the EAEU kicking in. Mongolia is now Russia’s largest chicken eggs export market, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Abkhazia, and Kyrgyzstan.
We deep dive the UAE’s decision to leave OPEC from May 1 and examine the impact on Russian, Asian and Global markets, and assess what other oil related supply shocks could manifest in these markets over the short, medium and longe terms.
Fresh seafood travelling from the Russian Far East to primary distribution points and onward consumer markets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tolyatti, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg are up 60% in the first four months of 2026 compared to last year.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been visiting the President and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan in Astana. The two countries bilateral trade dipped slightly last year, and with joint memberships in the Eurasian Economic Union, Commonwealth of Independent States and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, plus increasing need for developing China transit, both parties signed a development agreement for 2027-2028.
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Japan has recommenced purchasing Russian oil with a delivery expected from Russia’s Sakhalin blend crude on Sunday. 95% of Japan’s oil is imported from the Middle East leaving the country with limited options for importing replacements.
The Russian-Indian Joint Venture Brahmos Aerospace has realised a 48.6% growth in profits for the past fiscal yea, according to financial results released on Wednesday. The company manufactures the Brahmos cruise missile which can fly at Mach 2.8 and cannot be intercepted by other defence systems.
Western critics sometimes compare contemporary Russia with the Soviet Union. In this article we discuss the economic development of the USSR and compare it to the development of the Russian Federation. We underline why they are fundamentally different, the economic and social reasonings for this, and why Moscow is not intent on ‘recreating’ the USSR.
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.
Kazakhstan may consider a possible gas export route through Russia and European countries to Italy, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Energy Minister Kairkhan Tutkyshbayev has stated. Kazakhstan has significant gas reserves and could provide an alternative to EU countries purchasing Russian gas.
The President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has arrived in Russia on a state visit, his first overseas trip since winning the national elections last month. He met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior officials to discuss various investment projects including a massive oil pipeline and trade.
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