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95% of Western Investors Still in Russia In 2024

Finance, Foreign Investment, Trade

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has said in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a joint press conference in Vienna on March 15, that 95% of Western companies are still invested in Russia. This is despite Western government pressure since early 2021 and many high profile foreign businesses announcing their exit […]

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Putin Approves US$6.6 -Billion-Dollar High Speed Moscow-St. Petersburg Railway

Economy, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russian President Putin has approved the construction of the delayed High-Speed Moscow-St.Petersburg railway. Discussions on a new link were prominent in 2019, but Covid issues put the project on hold. However, in February this year, a masterplan for the Moscow-St. Petersburg line was agreed. Construction is to start immediately.    At present, one line runs

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EAEU Industrial Output Up 4.7% In January 2024

Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Trade

Industrial output in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries rose 4.7% year-on-year in January, with all EAEU countries demonstrating growth, the EAEU press service has said, stating “The EAEU had an industrial production volume of 104.7% in January 2024, on par with January 2023.” Armenia had industrial output growth of 21%, Belarus of 5.4%, Kazakhstan

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EAEU, Mongolia Complete Preparations For Temporary Free Trade Agreement

Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Trade

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Mongolia intend to complete the preparation of a temporary agreement on setting up a free trade zone by the end of 2024, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) said following consultations with Mongolian representatives earlier this week. The EAEU includes Russia in addition to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It

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Russia To Develop Cinematic Film Production With Asian Partners    

BRICS, Foreign Investment, Trade

Russia’s Minister of Culture, Olga Lyubimova has stated (March 13) that numerous Asian countries are interested in developing cinematography together with Russia and conducting joint film production, and that this will be fully supported by the government. Lyubimova said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 that “We have joint production, and have formalized the possibility

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Russian Foreign Investors Redomiciling To Kazakhstan

China, Eurasian Economic Union, Foreign Investment, Trade

The Kazakh Minister of National Economy Bauyrzhan Kudaibergenov, has said that over 40 foreign investor, with assets worth more than US$1.5 billion have completed the process of relocation from Russia to Kazakhstan. “Today, the government is working on the relocation of foreign companies, including large enterprises. We have about 400 companies from more than 30

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Moscow City Government Supplies in 2023 Reached 78% From Domestic Product Sources

China, Economy, Trade

Vladimir Efimov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations, has stated on March 10 that Russia’s capital city now concludes about 80% of contracts for the purchase of Russian goods on its Russian supplier portal. He stated that “In 2023, Moscow customers concluded 130,400 contracts on our supplier portal

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