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Asia Now Buys 45% Of All Russian LNG, The European Union Purchased A Record 52% In 2024

Russia exported a record 33.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) last year, more than half of which went to the EU market, with Asia a close second, according to data from Belgium based, global analytics firm Kpler. The figure represents an increase of 4% from the previous record of 32.9 million tons set […]

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Russia’s State-Owned Shipbuilders Constructing 120 New Merchant Marine Vessels

Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Russia’s State-Owned Shipbuilders, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are constructing 120 vessels as part of its national civil shipbuilding remit, according to USC CEO Andrei Puchkov. He was speaking at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Puchkov said that “In terms of USC’s civilian orders, our shipyards are building about 120 different types

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Russia’s VTB Bank To Expand International Financial Transfer Services Into Africa, LatAm and Asia

Africa, BRICS, Commonwealth of Independent States, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Latin America, Trade

Russia’s VTB bank plans to expand its services geography in providing international transfers in national currencies during 2025 by adding new countries in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, the Russian state bank’s deputy CEO, Georgy Gorshkov has stated. VTB’s retail customers made 2.1 million transfers in the currencies of friendly countries in 2024, six

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Chinese Automotive Dealers Investing Into Belarus To Access CIS Markets

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Foreign Investment, Imports, Trade

In addition to the recent example of China’s Torklink Controls, who are investing over ₽100 million (US$1 million) into an assembly plant in Moscow, the Chinese automobile exporter Biulu (Chongqing Biulu Automotive Technology) has opened a consignment warehouse in Belarus for processing Chinese, European and other vehicles for subsequent deliveries to Russia and CIS countries.

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Russia-Syria 2025 Diplomatic, Trade, and Security Updates

Middle East, Security, Trade

A Russian delegation has been visiting the new regime in Syria following the fall of the pro-Russian Bashar al-Assad government lasts month. In apparently positive news for Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has reported that Moscow and Damascus intend to maintain their historically stable and mutually beneficial relationship. It was the first Russian

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Russia’s Pivot To Asia: New 2025 Guide To China & East Asia Out Now

Asia, China, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Security, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia has published its 2025 Guide To East Asia, which includes detail of Russia’s geopolitical, trade and investment relations with China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, in addition to North and South Korea, as well as Japan. It also includes a detailed breakdown of the Russian Far East and especially its East

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Russia’s Mutual Fund Investment Market Expands To Record Capital Volumes

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market

2024 was a banner year for Russia’s collective investment markets, which expanded with a record number of mutual funds and the largest number of new management companies for over a decade. Wealthy investors – including foreign investors – are primarily interested in Russian industry. Since sanctions were imposed in 2022, Russian investors have been limited

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Chinese Industrial Manufacturers Investing Into Russia To Access CIS Markets

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Foreign Investment, Trade

Torklink Controls, a partner of the Chinese company Flowinn, is investing over ₽100 million (US$1 million) into an assembly plant for electric actuators for pipeline valves at the Yesipovo Industrial Park in the Solnechnogorsk region of Moscow. The investment is typical of the type of Foreign Direct Investment Russia is now attracting, as Chinese manufacturers

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Russian Lawmaker Suggests Greenland Joins Russia

Investment, Regulatory, Russian Market

Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, a deputy of the State Duma, has suggested that if Greenland truly wishes to join another country, then it has more in common with Russia and should become part of the Russian Federation. Milonov’s remarks follow numerous controversial statements made by US President Donald Trump about plans to annex Greenland, despite

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Russia’s Roscosmos Catching Up With SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket Technology

Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russa’s Roscosmos Space Agency is developing the Amur-SPG launch vehicle with a reusable first stage to be in use by 2030, according to Roscosmos head Yury Borisov. He was speaking at the 49th Korolyov Academic Readings on Cosmonautics on Tuesday (January 28). The Amur-SPG, also known as the Soyuz-7 is a reusable, methane–fueled, orbital launch

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