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Chinese Premium Auto Brand Takes Over Mercedes Benz Plant Near Moscow

China, Foreign Investment, Trade

The former Mercedes-Benz plant in Yesipov near Moscow will begin mass production of China’s Exeed cars, the premium brand of Chinese automaker Chery under a contract assembly agreement starting in July. Mercedes-Benz exited the Russian market in April 2023, selling their shares in the Yesipov factory to the Russian local car dealer Avtodom. Interestingly, Mercedes-Benz

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Russia, North Korea To Build New Cross-Border Road Bridge 

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and North Korea have signed an agreement to build a cross-border road bridge. Currently, the only bridge between the countries, which crosses the Tumen River, is the Friendship Railway Bridge, which was opened in 1959.  The new road bridge will expand transport connections between Russia and North Korea. The proposal has been on the

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Interview With The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on Cooperation Between Russian Businesses in China and India

BRICS, China, India, Trade

Russia’s Kommersant newspaper has interviewed Vitaly Mankevich, the Chairman of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RASPP) nd discussed the relationships between Russian businesses in China and India. We feature the interview below:  What is the current situation with receiving payment from Russian legal entities in Chinese banks? “Briefly describing the situation is quite

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EAEU – Russia – Azerbaijan 2024 Trade, Investment & Connectivity Intensifies

Eurasian Economic Union, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The economic relations between Russia and other EAEU countries with Azerbaijan, are increasingly active and are forming a common and mutually beneficial economic space, despite the fact that Azerbaijan is not part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) trade bloc.  An accelerating growth in trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the EAEU, coupled with over 50

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Russian Fisheries Agency To Assess African Oceanic Resources

Africa, Trade

The Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries is to organize an exploratory expedition in 2024-2025 to assess water bio-resources in the exclusive economic zones of African countries using ships of the Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. The purpose will be to examine water quality and marine stocks, and will include visits to several African

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Russia To Add More Far East Rail Freight Containers 

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Eurasian Union of Rail Freight Traffic Participants (ESP), which includes Russia’s largest container operators, has stated a need to bring back additional container train runs from central Russia to the Russian Far East. The Russian shift from markets in Europe to markets in Asia has created logistics bottlenecks.   Due to the lack of railway

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Blagoveshchensk Railway Port & Logistics Zone Next To China To Be Completed In 2025

China, Infrastructure, Trade

The Sukhoi Port Blagoveshchensk logistics railway terminal will start operating in the fall of 2025, the Government of the Amur Region has reported. Blagoveshchensk is strategically important, as it lies on the Russian border with China on the Amur River. A railway bridge was completed in 2022, which connects to Heihe in China, and from

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Russia’s Alfa Bank To Establish Offices In Beijing and Shanghai

China, Finance, Trade

Alfa Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, has applied to the Chinese authorities to open offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The bank is aiming to become the first private Russian bank to open fully-fledged branches in China, and comes after it recently expanded its client support services for Chinese businesses. Alfa Bank said it is already

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