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The Impartiality Of The Kyiv School of Economics – As Vested Interests Interfere

Economy, Finance, Russia

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) has become the de facto go-to resource for Western economic intelligence about both Ukraine and Russia, with especially the Financial Times regularly quoting its research and statistics. Yet how impartial and honest is its data?   The KSE functions as a non-state think tank, however, is funded by donors such […]

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Diamonds

India’s Gem Processing Industry Destabilized Due To US-Introduced Chaos Over Russian Raw Diamonds

Economy, Exports, India, Russia, Trade

First, the good news: Russia doubled its diamond exports to India year on year in August, according to data from India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry. They surged to a value of US$31.3 million in August 2025, more than double the US$13.4 million recorded in August 2024. Russia is the world’s largest producer of rough

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Far East

Russia To Build Ten Industrial Technology Parks In The Far East By 2030

Asia, China, Finance, Infrastructure, Russia, Trade

The Russian government is to build at least 10 Industrial and Technology Parks in the Far East and the Russian Arctic by 2030, the Kremlin said on Tuesday (November 4). Instructions were issued by the President, and read “To the Russian government: Taking into account previously issued instructions, ensure the creation by 2030 in the

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Logistics Main

Russia To Develop Logistics Services On Borders With China and North Korea

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

Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government to develop transport and logistics centers on the border with China and North Korea, according to the Kremlin. The Kremlin statement says “The Russian government has been instructed to take measures to ensure the development of multimodal transport and logistics centers in the Far Eastern Federal District and

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Rare Earths

Russia To Increase Rare Earths Mining & Development

Exports, Investment, Russia, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to approve a roadmap for the long-term development of rare and rare earth metal mining and production by December 1, the Kremlin stated on Tuesday (November 4). Putin’s statement read, “To the Russian government, taking into account the previously issued instructions, approve an action plan for

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Europe

Is Europe Being Cast Adrift?

Asia, China, Economy, India, Infrastructure, Russia, Trade

Over the past few weeks, grumbles of discontent have begun emerging from the European population, about what appears to economic issues directly created by sanctions imposed upon Russia. These range from Finnish resorts bemoaning the lack of Russian tourists, Italian resorts closing, and Lithuanian cigarette smugglers causing chaos over ballooning in cheap products from Belarus.

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Nizhny

Nizhny Novgorod Targets Port & SEZ Developments To Integrate Into The North-South Transport Corridor

Asia, Exports, India, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia, Trade

The government’s interdepartmental working group on the creation and development of Russian Special Economic Zones (SEZ) has approved expanding the Kulibin SEZ in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, with a river port and new production facilities being planned, according to the regional government.  The Kulibin SEZ currently has a site in Dzerzhinsk, while the additional 117.7-hectare

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Ulyanovsk

International Operator To Develop Middle Volga–Caspian–Persian Gulf Logistics

Asia, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia, Trade

The “Middle Volga-Caspian International Logistics Forum” has been held in Ulyanovsk, attended by delegations from Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, and Iran, an important event to discuss operations along the Middle and Southern Corridor aspect of the International North-South Transport Corridor. There are now plans to create a single logistics operator to develop the Middle Volga–Caspian–Persian

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R-Pharm

Russia’s R-Pharm To Invest US$200 Million Into Kazakh Pharmaceutical Factory

Asia, Exports, Investment, Russia, Trade

Russia’s R-Pharm Group is to invest in a pharmaceutical production plant in Alatau, Kazakhstan, in partnership with the local company Khan Tengri Biopharma, according to Nikolai Zemskov, R-Pharm’s General Director of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) markets. He said that “a joint venture company with an investment of US$200 million will build an innovative full-cycle

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