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.
China’s Dongning (东宁), in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, has been actively enhancing the growth of cross-border tourism, trade, and consumption markets with Russia since introducing a visa-free policy for Russians in September. According to local immigration data, 7,821 Russians crossed over the Dongning border into China in the six-week period from September 15 to October […]
Russia’s Kaluga Kristall Distillery is looking at exporting its products to the Indian consumer market and has said it has partnered with India’s M/S Blue Billion Group to study the Indian market’s potential for its products. The company stated, “The study aims to determine the optimal positioning of the distillery’s products in one of the […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has arrived on a three day visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he is meeting with the Kyrgyz President, Sadyr Japarov to discuss further development of the strategic partnership and allied relationship between Russia and Kyrgyzstan in various areas. A joint statement by the heads of state, as well as a number […]
The 7th Russia–China Energy Business Forum (RCEBF) was held on November 25 in Beijing with more than 450 participants from both nations’ political, industrial, scientific, and academic circles, marking a decisive milestone in the evolution of one of the world’s most important bilateral energy partnerships. Since its launch in 2018 at the initiative of President […]
As the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-30) in Belem, Brazil, concluded without a final climate deal, the global climate agenda now stands at a crossroads. Decades of ambitious declarations from Western industrialized nations have not delivered the promised reductions in global emissions. Instead, what the world […]
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Russia’s Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) has stated that SBM LLC (Vladivostok) is to create an industrial complex for producing metal structures in Primorsky Krai, which will include a metal structures plant, an industrial park for tenants, and storage sites for finished products. According to the Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities, […]
Russia is poised to offer more African countries visa-free access to Russia, according to Tatyana Dovgalenko, a director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Partnership with Africa. Currently, eleven African countries have visa-free travel with Russia today, and expanding this list could help further develop tourism and business connections. Dovgalenko said that “introducing visa-free […]
The leaders of the world’s major economies are gathering in South Africa for the G20 Summit between November 22–23, and they will find themselves at a crossroads confronting a global landscape more fractured, polarized, and competitive than at any time since the end of the Cold War. What was once conceived as a practical forum […]
Russia’s Delo Group is discussing the launch of a regular sea container line featuring calls between Novorossiysk Port and Mormugao Port, in Goa, India, according to Delo CEO Sergei Shishkarev. He was speaking on the sidelines of the Transport of Russia 2025 forum. Mormugao Port ceased container handling several years ago, but the equipment for […]
Russian dairy producers have begun to access the Mauritanian market in Northwest Africa, with the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport saying that Russian exports totaled 80 tonnes worth nearly US$190,000 in 10M 2025. Russia also exported yeast to Mauritania at over 75 tonnes worth nearly US$170,000 in the same period. It is the first time Russian […]
The Venezuelan parliament has approved a 15-year extension of joint ventures between Venezuelan state-owned company PDVSA and Russian oil firm Roszarubezhneft, according to a statement on the Venezuelan National Assembly’s website. The extension, announced on Thursday (November 20), allows the joint ventures operating oilfields in western Venezuela to continue until 2041, with lawmakers estimating roughly […]
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