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Featured August 16, 2026
Direct Damascus-Moscow Flights Resume
Syria and Russia have resumed direct flights between Damascus and Moscow with a one weekly service. Trade ties should begin to improve as relations get better.
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Featured August 15, 2026
Russia, Malaysia To Develop Special Joint Economic Zones
Russia and Malaysia are to collaborate on developing joint special economic zones in the Russian Far East. These are likely to include the agriculture, light manufacturing and energy sectors and lead to further future joint ventures between Russian and Malaysian manufacturers.
August 15, 2026
Russia, China Establish Auto R&D Centre In St.Petersburg
Russia and China have set up a joint automotive Research & Development Centre in St.Petersburg on the site of the old General Motors factory. Specialists will initially focus on component localization, vehicle certification, product testing and validation, and engineering modifications to vehicle designs and individual systems.
August 14, 2026
India Plans To Send Its First Cargo Ship Via The Northern Sea Route Next Year
India is planning to send cargo ships along the Northern Sea Route from next year, according to Shri Venkatesapathy, the Indian Shipping Ministry joint secretary. For India, the Arctic route can save up to 40% in distance and about two weeks in travel time to most European ports.
August 14, 2026
Russia Creates Largest Non-Dollar Stablecoin With A US$140 Billion Turnover
Russia’s A7 stablecoin has become the world’s largest non-US Dollar linked crypto asset with a US$140 billion turnover, larger than the European’s Union EURC equivalent.
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August 13, 2026
BRICS Grain Exchange Mechanism Discussed as Volumes Could Exceed US$1 Trillion
Russia presented the concept and structure of the proposed BRICS Grain Exchange and how it will work at the 16th meeting of the BRICS Economic and Foreign Trade ministers in Jaipur last week, according to the Russian Economic Development Ministry. Russia proposed to create the BRICS Grain Exchange as a unified digital trading platform where […]
August 12, 2026
Russia’s Growing Railway Partnerships With Asia And The Global South: A Strategic, Geopolitical and Financial Analysis
Russia has been developing a massive international railway strategy that includes multiple industrial development sectors and infrastructure across Central Asia, the Middle East, India, China, and deep into Southeast Asia on a scale little recognised. We deep dive the expansion of Russia’s railway development, how it is managing this, and the potential new routes that could become available.
August 12, 2026
BRICS Countries Discussing Central Banks Payment Systems & Digital Currencies
The BRICS nations are discussing linking their payment systems and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they explore ways to reduce the costs and increase the speed of cross-border payments, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra. He said that “Cross-border payments is an area of interest for all of us, including […]
August 12, 2026
Russia’s 2026 Exports Of Crabs To China Up 25%
Russia exported over 25,000 tonnes of crabs to China in the first half of 2026, up 25% year-on-year, and increased revenue from these exports by more than a third to US$697 million, according to data from China’s General Customs Administration. Russia’s Fish Union stated that demand for crabs in China was growing, partly due to […]
August 12, 2026
Russia Exports Wheat To Colombia For First Time In Three Years
Russia has exported the first shipment of soft wheat since 2023 to Colombia from Novorossiysk, the Novorossiysk branch of the Federal Center for Assessment of Safety and Quality of Agricultural Products (FSBI SQA) has said, stating that “Specialists from the Novorossiysk branch of the FSBI SQA examined five shipments of Russian soft wheat totaling 16,000 […]
August 10, 2026
The 2026 Uzbekistan-Bashkortostan Business Forum: Investment, Trade & Development Analysis
The 2026 Uzbekistan-Bashkortostan Business Forum has just taken place in Ufa, Russia. With bilateral trade growing at 20% this year, we deep dive the relationship between Bashkortostan and Uzbekistan, the investments being made and the prospects of the two countries hitting US$30 billion in trade by 2030.