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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.

Featured January 14, 2026

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

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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Featured January 14, 2026

Landmark Reached As China Now Imports More Russian Gas Than Europe

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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January 14, 2026

Russia-China Joint Venture Redomiciles From Cyprus to Vladivostok

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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January 14, 2026

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

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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January 13, 2026

Russia’s Designs On Greenland

The future of Greenland has again been placed on the front page news following the success of the United States operation in kidnapping the Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, and forcibly repatriating him to the United States. That brazen operation has a sequel – renewed calls for Greenland to be taken over by the United States […]

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January 12, 2026

Russian Aviation Drone Market To Grow 20-30% In 2026

Aleksandr Zamyatin, the head of the strategic projects implementation direction at JSC GLONASS, has stated that growth of 20-30% in the Russian drone market sector will be achieved due to the “Russification” of equipment and the appearance of competent domestic services. The Russian unmanned aviation market in 2026 may exceed ₽40 billion (US$508 million), demonstrating […]

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January 12, 2026

Russia’s Sistema To Open Vietnamese Representative Office

Russia’s AFK Sistema plans to open a representative office in Vietnam in 2026, with the decision made following a working visit to the country by a delegation from the corporation headed by its founder Vladimir Yevtushenkov in early January. AFK Sistema PAO is a large Russian conglomerate, with Sistema part of the AFK Group. The […]

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January 10, 2026

When Will The Russian Economy Finally Collapse?

Predictions of the collapse of the Russian economy have been ongoing now for over a decade, with statements continuing to be made that this event is shortly to occur. Why do these statements continue to be repeated, and what is driving such beliefs?  When sanctions were originally imposed upon Russia back in 2014 – a […]

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January 10, 2026

When Will China Invade The Russian Far East?

A common online theme often raised by economic and development critics towards Russia is related to the increasing trade and investment between the two countries. China, as a one-party state, needs to keep its economy growing in the medium-long term to satisfy its huge population. Consequently, GDP growth levels are ideally maintained at rates of […]

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January 9, 2026

Russia’s Pivot To Asia – 2025 Website Coverage & Results

Russia’s Pivot To Asia now enters its third full year of operations and has over the past months and years developed into a primary source of non-partisan, data-based commentary about what we see as the largest geopolitical shift in Eurasia for 800 years – Russia’s Pivot to Asia and the Global South. A question often […]

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