Trade

Myanmar

Russian Government Submits Myanmar Bilateral Investment Treaty Agreement For Duma Approval

ASEAN, Investment, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, Russian Market, Trade

The Russian government has submitted a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) agreement on the promotion and protection of investments between Russia and Myanmar to the State Duma for ratification. The agreement establishes a procedure for protecting investments, including procedures for compensating for expropriation and for resolving investment disputes. The agreement was originally signed off by both […]

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Structure

The End of Easy Growth: Structural Lessons from the 2025 Russia-China Trade Decline

China, Economy, Finance, Russian Market, Trade

In 2025, Russia-China trade entered a new and more complex phase. After four consecutive years of uninterrupted expansion, bilateral trade turnover declined for the first time since the covid pandemic in 2020. According to Chinese customs data cited by Russia’s Trade Representative to China Alexey Dakhnovsky, two-way trade fell by 6.9% year-on-year, reaching US$228.105 billion.

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Namibia

Russia-Namibia Bilateral Relations: 2026 Update

Africa, Agriculture, Energy, Exports, Imports, Investment, Russian Market, Trade

Namibia’s Foreign Minister, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi visited Moscow from January 12 to 14), with the symbolism important but the trade, economics and investment dialogues more vital. Three decades after Namibia’s independence and more than sixty years after the Soviet Union first backed the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) during the liberation struggle, Windhoek and Moscow

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China

China Approves 13 More Russian Fish Exporters To Supply Chinese Market

Agriculture, China, Exports, Russian Market, Trade

China has authorized another 13 Russian fishing companies to supply products to its market, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) said, citing a decision by China’s General Administration of Customs. This includes six Sakhalin-based companies (including two transport refrigerators) and three from Kamchatka. The rest are from Primorye Territory and the Murmansk

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Yalta

When Will the Russia–Ukraine War End? History Points To A Yalta 2.0

Europe, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, Russian Market, Security, Trade

The former Pentagon officer David Pyne has stated that there are clear indications that US President Donald Trump remains committed to mediating a peace deal with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, but the challenge lies with his hawkish senior cabinet advisers. Pyne has said that “They keep telling him that no peace deal

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Venezuela

Russia’s Oil Management Business Continues To Operate Normally In Venezuela

Energy, Latin America, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s Roszarubezhneft (a state-owned structure that manages Russia’s oil assets in Venezuela) is  continuing to fulfill its obligations with its international partners, and it intends to further develop its assets with the Venezuelan side, according to a company statement. Roszarubezhneft is the Venezuelan subsidiary of Russian SOE Zarubezhneft, which manages Russia’s overseas oil operations. The

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China

Landmark Reached As China Now Imports More Russian Gas Than Europe

China, Energy, Europe, Exports, Russian Market, Trade

A landmark of sorts has been reached as Russia’s Gazprom supplied 38.8 billion cubic meters of gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline in 2025. That is 24.8% higher than the 2024 figure and means that the company exported more pipeline gas to China than to European countries—including Turkiye. While the UK and

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Vladivostok

Russia-China Joint Venture Redomiciles From Cyprus to Vladivostok

China, Finance, Foreign Investment, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, Russian Market, Trade

The joint venture between Russia’s SIBUR and China’s Sinopec, which owns the Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubber Plant (KZSK), has redomiciled from Cyprus to the special administrative region on Russky Island, Vladivostok Urban District, the Unified State Registry of Legal Entities (USRLE) has stated. The USRLE said that Sibur-Sinopec Rubber Holding Company International LLC redomiciled in late

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M&A

Chinese Packaging Manufacturers On The Hunt To Acquire Stakes In Russian Companies

China, Finance, Foreign Investment, Russian Market, Trade

Major Chinese aseptic packaging manufacturers are showing interest in Russian companies producing cardboard food packaging, with the most likely Russian partner being Lambumiz , a leading dairy packaging manufacturer, with potential acquisition of a 25% stake, according to Russian industry sources. Apparently several of China’s largest aseptic packaging manufacturers are interested in potential equity stakes

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