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Russia’s total trade reached about US$745 billion during 2025, also showcasing a significant, albeit shifting, trade surplus of about US$120 billion. In this section we cover all news concerning Russian trade developments, with Russian exporters increasingly reaching out into new markets on a global basis as it pivots away from the West. This is the definitive source on Russian trade. Get the latest data, analysis, and news on Russia’s import/export activities, trade agreements, and increasing commercial partnerships with the Global South.

Featured October 26, 2026

2026 Russia Energy Week Forum: A Wider Energy Trade Network Across Asia, Eurasia, Africa And The West: Analysis

The 2026 Russia Energy Week has just concluded in Moscow, with about 6,600 participants and executives from 85 countries attending. The event combines energy trade discussions with industrial modernisation, nuclear technology exports, engineering cooperation and investment opportunities across Asian and other international markets. We examine what happened and the deals made.

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Featured October 26, 2026

The AgroProdMash 2026 Forum: Showcasing Russia’s International Food Processing Industry: Results & Analysis 

The 2026 AgroProdMash event has recently taken place in Moscow, part of an aggressive overhaul of Russia’s food processing industry, involving technical re-equipment, modernizing food plants, and scaling up processing capabilities. There are opportunities for foreign suppliers to participate in this sector as Russia intends to increase agricultural production by 25% and boost agricultural exports by 1.5 times by 2030. We showcase the event and provide analysis and detail the agreements reached.

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October 26, 2026

An Uzbekistan-Russian Far East Trade Hub: Targeting The Russian Far East & Asian Markets

Uzbekistan’s Ferghana city has proposed setting up an Uzbek-Russia trading house in Primorsky Krai to allow better market access for its products to both Russian, Chinese and other Asian markets. This could establish a new commercial route for Uzbek fresh fruit, dried fruit and agricultural products into the Russian Far East, with potential onward shipments to China and Vietnam. Reciprocal sales channels would give Primorye seafood, dietary supplements, oils, household chemicals and other non-food products access to Uzbekistan’s expanding consumer market.

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October 25, 2026

Russia’s Novatek In Discussions To Supply LNG To Turkiye

Russia’s Novatek is in discussions with Turkiye concerning supplies of LNG. Turkiye, like the EU, currently buys gas via spot prices from Russia, whereas it would be more advantageous (and less expensive) for both to agree long-term supply contracts. The EU has also been using more expensive spot prices to acquire Russian LNG, with prices close to tripling this year. Longer term supply contracts would have avoided this additional expense.

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October 23, 2026

Russia, Turkmenistan Bilateral Update: October 2026 

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, held talks with Rashid Meredov, the Turkmenistan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Turkmenistan is strategically positioned along the “Middle Corridor,” which serves as a crucial trade route between East and West and especially so given the developing INSTC routes between Russia, Iran and Central Asia via the Caspian Sea. We examine the latest bilateral trade and development issues.

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October 22, 2026

Russia, China Bilateral Relations: October 2026 Update & Signed Agreements  

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang have concluded the 31st regular meeting between the two countries’ heads of government by signing numerous trade and development agreements. These include the Power of Baikal pipeline, the Northern Sea Route, Food Security, other agricultural and forestry market access, as well as new impetus in joint education, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and the digital economy.

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October 22, 2026

Russia’s Ural Airlines To Commence Yekterinberg-New Delhi Flights Three Times A Week

Russia’s Ural Airlines is to commence thrice-weekly, direct flights between Yekaterinburg and New Delhi from Sunday, October 25. Additional plans are being made to increase direct Russia-India weekly flights to various destinations from the current 15 to over 70 in the coming months due to business, investment and tourism demand.

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October 22, 2026

Shoigu: Russia, Oman Bilateral Trade The Highest In Ten Years

Russia’s trade with Oman is undergoing a substantial transformation due to an increasing INSTC interconnectivity, a more liberal regulatory and financial policy than the UAE, and the potential to reach out to other Middle Eastern, South Asian and East African export markets. We examine why bilateral trade is taking off and the underlying drivers.

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October 22, 2026

Russia’s Miratorg to Export Animal Feed to South Korea

Russia’s Miratorg Agro-Industrial Holding, one of the country’s leading agricultural conglomerates, has obtained the right to export its compound animal feed to South Korea. Most animal feed in South Korea is used to feed Pigs for local pork consumption, with the country keen to boost its own domestic supply of pork meat. South Korea is the world’s fifth largest consumer of pork.

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October 21, 2026

2026 DagAgroCaspian Forum: From Cucumbers, Greenhouses & Tractors: Targeting Dagestan’s Agricultural Technology and International Trade

The 2026 DagAgroCaspian Forum has just concluded in Dagestan, showcasing Russian and regional agricultural technologies and featuring participants from China, India, and the Middle East. Over 100 companies took part, showcasing a significant variety of agricultural equipment and produce, with the commercial proposition being the connection between agricultural growth and the equipment required to sustain it. We dig into the forum’s details.

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