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May 28, 2026

The Commonwealth Of Independent States Ashgabat Summit: Key Takeaways & Analysis

The Commonwealth of Independent States has just held its annual meetings in Ashgabat, including leaders from Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Significant developments took place in unifying a practical Eurasian geoeconomic platform centered around transport integration, industrial modernization, digital governance, logistics sovereignty, strategic mineral supply chains, customs digitization, agricultural security, energy coordination, and sanctions-resistant continental trade. This article is crucial intelligence for anyone involved in the Eurasian and Central Asian trade space.

May 28, 2026

VTB To Issue SPO To Finance Wildberries Development

Russia’s VTB Bank is to conduct an SPO to help its acquisition of the Wildberries & Russ banking network in a significant Russian domestic play.

May 28, 2026

Russia AI Software Developer Plans Autumn IPO On Moscow Stock Exchange

Russia’s AI software developer FabricaONE AI is planning a listing on the Moscow Stock in the Autumn. Fabrica specialises in uniting assets, and expertise in AI technologies, custom development and industrial software.

May 28, 2026

Russia’s Kristall Distillery To Bottle Mexican Tequila for the Russian Market

Russia’s Kristall Distillery is importing and then bottling premium Mexican tequila for the domestic market. Russians are drinking less vodka and a variety of other alcohols as market tastes shift.

May 27, 2026

Eurasian Economic Union–Tunisia Free Trade Agreement Talks Expected To Commence

The Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, is set to hold discussions with Tunisia over signing a negotiated Free Trade Agreement. This can be expected to replace certain Tunisia-EU trade flows as Eurasian-North African dynamics begin to align.

May 27, 2026

Russia, Bahrain Hold Bilateral Talks

Bahrain is not a major energy play in the Middle East but is becoming important in grain transhipment. We look at the latest bilateral discussions between President Putin and the King of Bahrain.

May 27, 2026

Russian Pharma Company Enters The North Korean Market

Russian pharma has both generic and state of the art pharmaceuticals and is exporting these to North Korea in medicines largely attributed to dealing with an aging population as the DPRK populations begins to retain a better and longer quality of life.

May 27, 2026

Russia’s Aurora Airlines To Begin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Shanghai Direct Flights

The Russian Far East just received another boost in its links to East China by the introduction of direct flights between Sakhalin and Shanghai – two distinct regions of East Asia.

May 27, 2026

Russia Ratifies UAE Free Trade Agreement

Russia has ratified a bilateral free trade agreement with the UAE, making it possible for investors from either country to set up 100% owned companies in each others countries in moves especially pertiment to the services sector. With bilateral trade already over US$12 billion, the move is a strong boost to the UAE business sector during difficult times in the Middle East and is illustrative of Russian longer-term investment planning.

May 27, 2026

Russia Ratifies Indonesia-EAEU Free Trade Agreement

Russia has ratified the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Indonesia, paving the way for a substantial increase of the bilateral US$4.8 billion in trade but also linking fellow Muslim markets in Central Asia to Southeast Asia.

May 27, 2026

Russia Sees Opportunities For LNG and Nuclear Energy In Brazil

The Russia-Brazil Intergovernmental committee has been meeting in Brasilia with significant progress made in developing Russian supplies of both LNG and nuclear power to Brazil.

May 26, 2026

Russia Prepares Another Stock Sale For Aeroflot

The Russian government is to tap its underutilized private equity markets to raise money for Aeroflot, the national airline. Aeroflot are looking for significant upgrades to its fleet and is approaching domestic funds to raise the capital it needs.

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