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 boosted exports of agricultural products to Uzbekistan 15% year-on-year to US$938 million in value over the first ten months of 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Center. This means that Uzbekistan is now among the top 10 buyers of Russian food products. In 2021, significant Russian agricultural export markets also included Latvia, Lithuania, […]
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has held discussions with Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The leaders talked by phone and “discussed further development of the Russian-Uzbekistani relations as a strategic partnership and alliance across a wide band of areas. Special attention was given to implementing big joint projects, including in the energy sector,” according to a […]
The Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NZHK), a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, has exported nuclear fuel to Vietnam’s Dalat research reactor, the company has reported. NZHK has stated that “The fuel supplied will ensure the unit can function reliably until the 2030s.” Vietnam’s Dalat reactor, functioning as part of the Dalat Nuclear Research Institute, is […]
In the wake of successful IPOs in Russia over the past two years, another Russian domestic market player has announced plans to list in early 2026. This is WineLab, the retail arm of the Novabev Group, one of Russia’s biggest producers and distributors of alcoholic beverages. The company said in reporting for the first half […]
Russia exported agricultural products to Guatemala in 2025 for the first time in the last three years, the Russian Agroexport Federal Center has stated. Around 100 tonnes of processed vegetables, fruit, and nuts were supplied, the center said. This product category includes jam, jelly, fruit jelly, fruit puree, and some other goods, with an export […]
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By Charles van der Leeuw Russia’s return to serious trade and investment on the African continent only seriously took off almost three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The legacy the USSR had left in Africa remained untouched by western powers for a long time, and when China, in 2014, announced its Belt […]
Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to expand mutual trade in agricultural products and food at a meeting of their intergovernmental commission on cooperation (IGC) in Astana last week. The Kazakh delegation was headed by Deputy Prime Minister and National Economy Minister Serik Zhumangarin, and the Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk. […]
The National Mercantile Exchange (NAMEX) plans to launch a Digital Grain Exchange in Novorossiysk Port in January 2026 to create a unified digital space for determining the market price of grain. It will be known as the “Unified Exchange Order Book.” The National Mercantile Exchange was established in 2002 to organize the commodity market and […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has instructed the Russian government, with the participation of the Maritime Board, to submit proposals to increase the efficiency of cargo delivery from Siberia, the Far East, and the Urals to the route of the Transarctic Transport Corridor (TTC). This differs from the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in that the […]
The visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to China has resulted in a recalibration of bilateral trade, with China increasingly seen by Russia as promising for import substitution of technologies. While general trade, with oil dominating, was previously the key topic, the bilateral trade focus has now shifted. Attention is now on industrial cooperation […]
Russia and China will strengthen cooperation on Arctic issues, according to a joint communiqué following the 30th regular meeting of their heads of government. Russian Prime Minister Mishustin recently visited Beijing and took part in these discussions. The communique states “They agreed to develop cooperation on Arctic issues, including interaction within the Subcommittee on Cooperation […]
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