Russia

NSR

China-Russia Northern Sea Route Traffic Doubled During 2025

China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The Northern Sea Route (NSR), which runs along the Russian Arctic shore, is rapidly turning into an efficient global logistics route, according to Vladimir Panov, of the Arctic Dept. of Rosatom. Panov stated that “The Northern Sea Route is developing rapidly, turning into a viable and efficient global logistics route. This is driven by various […]

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Tiksi

Yakutia’s Naiba Port to become Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor’s Gateway to China

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The planned seaport of Naiba in Yakutia’s Bulunsky District is intended to become a key location of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor, according to Aisen Nikolaev, Yakutia’s Governor. He said “We are aware of the order from President Vladimir Putin to work on formation of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor as an integrated logistics project for the

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Changchun

China and Russia To Create Massive New Changchun-Moscow Eurasian Logistics Highway

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

China’s Jilin Province Logistics Group and Russia’s RZD Logistics have signed an agreement that aims aim to develop a new Eurasian logistics artery along a cross-border route that will connect the city of Changchun (the administrative centre of China’s Jilin province), the Hunchun cross-border checkpoint in Jilin, and Moscow. The agreement provides for several initiatives

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Central Asia

Central Asia-Russia Rail Freight Transit Up 50%: New Russia-China Rail Connectivity Routes Emerging

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

During his speech at the Central Asia-Russia Summit in Dushanbe last week, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highlighted the strengthening of transport and logistics ties with Russia as a priority area of cooperation. Tokayev said “For Kazakhstan, cooperation with Russia is strategically vital. In view of the geographic factor, Kazakhstan can ensure a stable connection between

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Sinopec

China Withdraws Investment In Europe As Sinopec Hong Kong Purchases Russian SIBUR Equity From Its Own Cyprus Subsidiary

China, Energy, Finance, Investment, Russia, Security

Sinopec’s Soihl Hong Kong Holdings have purchased 217,847,910 (8.5% of the total equity) shares in SIBUR from Soihl Cyprus Investment Limited, also a subsidiary of Sinopec, the Chinese state-owned Petrochem giant, moving the SIBUR equity holding away from the EU to Hong Kong. The transfer was made following a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir

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Hungary

Russia’s Bilateral Relationship With Hungary: October 2025 Update

Russia, Security, Trade

Trump-Putin Budapest Summit: October 22 Update The planned summit between Presidents Trump and Putin in Budapest, tentatively scheduled for October 30th, has been reported as postponed in leading Western media outlets, although Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special economic envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has denied the reports. Dmitriev stated that “Media is twisting the comment about the ‘immediate

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Crypto

Russia’s Crypto Market Value Now Larger Than European Players  

Finance, Russia, Trade

Russia has overtaken its rivals to become Europe’s largest cryptocurrency market by transaction volume, according to data from Singapore’s blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. In a report released on Thursday (October 16), Chainalysis said that from July 2024 to June 2025, Russia received US$376 billion in crypto value—up from US$256.5 billion a year earlier and surpassing

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Nexperia

Netherlands Seizure Of Chinese Assets Is A Test Run For Seizure Of Russia’s Frozen Capital

China, Finance, Russia, Security

The Netherlands’ seizure of China’s privately held Nexperia semiconductor manufacturer is, we believe, a test run of any potential geopolitical fallout of Belgium’s Euroclear seizing Russia’s frozen capital—an issue that has divided the EU, with those suggesting it should go ahead and others warning of significant repercussions.     Nexperia is based in the Netherlands and has

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Roerich

Why The 1935 Roerich Peace Pact Is Relevant To Europe Now

Culture, Russia, Security

Russia’s Pivot To Asia has been attending the 25th International & Scientific Conference on Roerich Heritage, currently being held at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Nicholas Roerich was a Russian academic, philosopher, artist, and explorer who also initiated the Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments, an inter-American treaty

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