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Arctic

Russia’s Arctic Container Turnover Increases 8.8%

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Russia’s container turnover in its Arctic basin ports increased by 8.2% year-on-year compared to November 2024. According to the industry watchdog PORTSTAT, 97.4% of Russia’s Arctic-based containers moved in coastal trade, which also grew by 6%. The data confirms the increasing use of Russia’s Arctic ports and Northern Sea Route traffic. Imports of Arctic-bound containers […]

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China

Chinese Ambassador To Russia: 2025 Year-End Interview

China, Exports, Finance, Imports, Investment, Trade

The Chinese Ambassador to Russia, Zhang Hanhui, has been interviewed in Russian media, commenting on numerous bilateral issues, including the joint development of hi-tech products, cross-border finance, joint aircraft manufacturing, tourism, and the prospects of a joint lunar base.  This is what he had to say: Q: “Russian-Chinese cooperation has broad prospects in the field

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Military Highway

Georgia’s Military Highway To Russia Undergoing Significant Expansion

Caucasus, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Georgia’s Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Lars Highway, also known as the Military Road, is undergoing a large-scale modernization, including a 27 km high-speed section and numerous new bridges. The Georgian government is spending about 1.2 billion lari (US$450 million) in upgrades, which includes the construction of the longest arch bridge in the country and a strategically important tunnel, with

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Moscow

Moscow Wins Big In MICE Development for BRICS and the Global South

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

The 3rd Meet Global MICE Congress (MGMC) 2025 took place on December 17–18 in Moscow, under the theme “Unity through Open Diversity: New Opportunities for Global Growth”, It showcases that Russia is positioning itself as a central node in the evolving architecture of Global South trade, investment flows, and business mobility, with the theme underscoring

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Macau

Vladivostok-Macau Direct Flights Now Available

China, Logistics & Transport, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Direct flights between Vladivostok and Macau have begun, in a new service operated by Cambodian Airlines. Flights operate three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) using an Airbus A320neo. The approximate flight time is 5 hours. Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China, and is well known as a centre for gambling and

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Crypto

Sberbank Tests Loan Secured By CryptoCurrency Assets

Economy, Finance, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Sberbank has conducted a pilot loan secured by cryptocurrency mined by Russia’s Intelion Data, the bank has said. Sberbank used its own Rutoken cryptocurrency storage solution in the transaction, which guarantees the asset’s safety during the loan period. Intelion is an active participant in formulating the regulations and development guidelines for Russia’s industrial crypto mining

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Tropical Fruit

Russia’s Institute Of Subtropical Crops To Produce Tropical Fruits For Domestic Consumption

Agriculture, Russian Market, Trade

The Russian Academy for the Development of Subtropical Agriculture has produced its first crop of papaya fruits from its experimental greenhouses, according to Andrei Platonov, the academy’s general director. Platonov said that “in the academy’s first greenhouse, in Abkhazia, active papaya fruiting is currently taking place. As part of an international project, the academy has

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Central Asia

Russian Supplies Of Gas To Central Asia Up 20% In 2025

Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Supplies of Russian gas to consumers in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan) grew 20% in 2025, according to Alexei Miller, the Gazprom Management Board Chairman. He was speaking when summing up preliminary results for the year. Miller stated that Gazprom continues to develop its cooperation with Central Asian countries. An agreement was signed to

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Blagoveshchensk Terminal

Russia Finances World’s First Cross-Border Cable Car Project 

China, Exports, Finance, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

The Russian State Development Corporation, VEB.RF, has provided the first tranche of ₽211 million (US$2.8 million) of a ₽17 billion (US$215 million) project for constructing a cable car between Blagoveshchensk in the Amur region and Heihe in China. It will become the world’s first cross-border cable car crossing, with immigration facilities on both sides. A

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