We have three comprehensive reports for you this week including overviews of Russia’s relations with ASEAN, South Asia and the Islamic World. These developing markets are key to understanding the directions both Russia and Eurasian trade flows are developing and provide insights into Moscow’s future geopolitical and strategic objectives. We also examine the evolution of Russia’s foreign trade, new maritime hubs involving the Black Sea and substantial investment from the UAE, and nuclear power developments concerning Armenia, Bangladesh, China, and Turkiye. Elsewhere, Pakistan has commenced negotiations over a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union, Kazakhstan is contemplating another Russia-China gas transit pipeline, while we have trade and investment updates with Cuba, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Vietnam.