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 Fix Price Group is to enter the Serbian market in 2026, the retailer has stated, with the first stores open in Q1 next year. Fixed Price also said that it already has an office in Serbia and that a regional team has been assembled. The company has reported an increase in the number of […]
Japan, which holds about US$30 billion of frozen Russian assets, has refused to seize the Russian assets it holds and send them to Ukraine, despite pressure from the European Union to do so. Japan holds cash reserves that had been previously used to help fund bilateral trade, worth an estimated US$30 billion. Japanese Finance Minister […]
The First Russia-Thailand Investment Forum (RTIF 2025) was held in Phuket on November 26-28, 2025, and emerged as a flagship event for Russia’s engagement not just with Thailand but also with ASEAN. It represents not only an unprecedented platform for dialogue and business matchmaking but also a strategic milestone in the broader Eurasian-ASEAN economic integration. […]
That Russia’s pivot towards Asia has been extensively discussed in Moscow’s strategic circles is no longer a distant projection on Putin’s longer-term wish list but an unfolding geopolitical and geo-economic reality. Nowhere is this more evident than in the accelerating partnership between Russia and Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic economies and a crucial […]
The first UAE-Russia Business Forum takes place today (December 10), in what promises to be a landmark event in the architecture of contemporary Eurasian connectivity. Organized by the Russia–UAE Business Council with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and coinciding with the 12th meeting of the Russia-UAE Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, […]
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2025 has become a watershed in Russia-Oman relations. With Sultan Haitham bin Tariq’s historic April visit to Moscow, the first by an Omani ruler, ten agreements were sealed in trade, diplomacy, media cooperation, climate dialogue, and a mutual visa exemption programme. That visit, followed by the Russia–Oman Business Forum in Muscat on November 13, 2025, […]
Russia exported agricultural products to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) worth US$6.2 billion in 9M 2025, up 17% from a year earlier, the Russian Agroexport Federal Center has stated. The main export shares of this came from exports to Belarus (45%) and Kazakhstan (42%). The share of Kyrgyzstan was 7%, and for Armenia it was […]
Both Russia and Turkiye have been working to ensure that landlocked Hungary retains its energy supply sovereignty and does not have to cede to European Commission demands. In the first instance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to guarantee the continued flow of Russian gas through […]
Russia and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of cooperation in shipbuilding, providing the necessary regulatory framework for developing cooperation. Details of the agreement have not been provided. The agreement was signed between Anton Alikhanov, the Russian Trade & Industry Minister, and Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, his Indonesian counterpart. Alikanov said that the parties had confirmed their […]
Russia’s Damate Group, a leading producer of turkey meat in Russia, has received the right to export its products to Malaysia. The company has stated that “The first regular container shipments are already being assembled for dispatch. The company plans to ship the first batches of products by mid-December.” Damate notes that it is the […]
The United States 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) has just been released, with responses ranging from political shock and disbelief to celebratory approval, depending on where you’re positioned on the branches of the global geopolitical tree. Its format is closer to a sales prospectus than most US official government-supported documents, resulting in the feel of […]
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