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.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Bassam al-Sabbagh, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the course of the meeting, they had […]
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Ayman Safadi, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan. The ministers […]
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Supreme (Sovereignty) Council of Sudan. Sudan is currently engaged […]
Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Sergei Mochalnikov and Yemen’s Oil and Minerals Minister Saeed al-Shamasi, co-chairmen of the Russian-Yemeni intergovernmental commission, have been discussed the trade and economic cooperation between the two countries on fuel and energy on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week. The two sides discussed interaction in industry, agriculture, and modernization of […]
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has been speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, and stated as part of his speech that the BRICS member nations are jointly developing a payment and settlement framework to be used for trading within the group. Putin stressed that supplies of Russian oil and gas to ‘friendly’ […]
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The humble lentil has entered the products Russia will now export to India, as India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has said Russian lentils have passed the required quarantine phytosanitary requirements and has obtained the right to supply lentils to India on a regular basis. Trial shipments began in 2022. Data from the Argus-Fito […]
Russia’s Elginskoye coal deposits are one of the world’s biggest coking coal deposits, with JORC-compliant reserves of about 2.2 billion tonnes. Located in Yakutia, the Elga coal company, which operates the mine, is also building a private, ‘Pacific Railway’ which will start operations in 2025, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was speaking at […]
Despite the European Baltic Sea nations closing their operations to Russian shipping – at some cost to their throughput – Russia has been expanding its Baltic Port capacities to meet new markets in Africa and Latin America. This goes hand in hand with Russian plans to boost agricultural exports by 50% by 2030. Russia is […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been holding discussions with the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, in Moscow. Equatorial Guineas currently holds the Presidency of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). The Kremlin said the agenda for the talks “includes prospects for the further development of Russian-Equatoguinean relations in various areas […]
Russia is set to gain access to a key strategic naval port in the West African Atlantic Ocean through a bilateral cooperation agreement with the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, located off mainland Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon. A bill on the issue has been approved by a Russian government commission on legislative activity. […]
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela has expressed an interest in joining BRICS. In a meeting with Russian Ambassador Igor Martynov in Ouagadougou on Monday (September 24), he said that “Membership of the BRICS group would make it possible to challenge the domination of the dollar and the euro, and […]
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