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The Messenger Is The Message: WhatsApp To Be Replaced By MAX?

Infrastructure, Russian Market, Security

WhatsApp might be blocked in Russia as early as August 2025, according to some media. Russian federal and municipal authorities are transferring their chats from WhatsApp and, in some cases, Telegram to the MAX app   The Kremlin believes that the risks of Telegram being blocked are significant, thus the concern of losing the large […]

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Russia To Build More Access Roads To Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China & North Korea

Asia, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is considering the issues of building access roads to the state border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and North Korea. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the M-12 Vostok (East) Highway. Putin stated “We are going to continue proactively develop the Vostok route. It should

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Tatarstan

Tatarstan Connects To Asia Supply Chains via New Vladivostok Rail Service

Asia, China, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Russia’s FESCO Transport Group have organised the dispatch of the first container train on the Vladivostok Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan) route with imported goods for businesses in the Kama Economic Zone. The Kama Economic Zone is a key component of Tatarstan’s economic strategy, focusing on industrial and production activities within the region. It’s a designated area aimed

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Gold

Russia To Begin Trading Gold On St. Petersburg Exchange

BRICS, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Russian Market, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Russia, the world’s second-largest gold producer, is to free itself from the current dependence of gold prices on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), and plans to launch gold trading on the St. Petersburg Exchange (SPIMEX) by the end of the year. One of the main objectives of the exchange when launching a new market is

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Moldova

Russian, Moldova Politicians Discuss Agricultural & Transport Links As Elections Are Due

Exports, Imports, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev has met with leaders of several Moldovan political parties: Igor Dodon of the Socialists of the Republic of Moldova, Irina Vlah of the Heart of Moldova party, and Vasile Tarlev of the Future of Moldova party. Current Moldovan politics has become extremely partisan for a small country. In essence,

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Russia, North Korea Hold Talks in Wonsan: July 2025 Updates

Asia, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market, Security, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Choe Son Hui, the Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, have been holding three-day talks as part of the second round of the strategic dialogue between Russia and North Korea in the new North Korean city of Wonsan on July 11. Kim Jong Un presided over

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Titanium

Russian, Chinese Companies To Joint Venture On Manufacturing Precision Wire

China, Foreign Investment, Russian Market, Trade

Russian and Chinese investors plan to set up a Joint Venture in the Titanium Valley Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to manufacture precision wire for electrolysis equipment, according to Sverdlovsk Region Deputy Governor Vasily Kozlov. He did not name the participants but stated “One of the residents of the Titanium Valley SEZ, in cooperation with a

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Crimea

Crimea Mulls Restoration Of Commercial Flights Suspended Since 2022

Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

The head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, has met with the director of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), Dmitry Yadrov, to discuss the prospects of resuming flights to the peninsula. He stated that “We discussed the future restoration of the aviation link and a number of issues concerning the material and technical

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St. Petersburg Exchange To Close First China Timber Export Contract

Agriculture, China, Exports, Finance, Russian Market

The St. Petersburg Exchange will complete the first timber export deal with China at the end of his month, according to Alexei Ryzhikov, the Managing Director of the exchange. He stated that “The Kazakhstan timber export project which we announced last year, is moving along nicely, and has had 44% growth this year. We have

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BRICS

President Putin’s Plenary Speech At BRICS 2025: Content & Analysis    

BRICS, Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market, Security, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, gave a speech at the main Plenary session of the BRICS 2025 annual Heads of State summit currently being held in Rio de Janeiro. In it, he discussed the BRICS growth, economic data, global payment systems and several potential new initiatives including the creation of a BRICS carbon trade mechanism,

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