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Russia Warming To China’s Belt & Road Initiative Projects

BRICS, China, Logistics & Transport

When Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative over a decade ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin was not enthusiastic about the massive infrastructure drive moving into his country’s “backyard”. Moscow saw landlocked former Soviet countries in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as within its orbit and the belt and road as […]

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FRIDAY BIZARRE

Miscellaneous

Our Look Back At Some Of The Weeks Most Bizarre Or Cool Russo Moments Earthworms Globally Produce As Much Grain As Russia Earthworms’ contribution to the world’s grain harvest matches that of Russia, according to a study by Nature Communications highlighting the creatures enormous role in food production. The worms help produce 140 million tonnes

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Macron Gets Aggressive As France Seeks Revenge For Niger & Mali Exits

Foreign Investment, Trade

Update: April 13, 2024: French Foreign Legion arrives in Ukraine The first group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries have arrived at the Ukrainian military HQ in Slavyansk in Donetsk, according to the Telegram channel Military Chronicle. An initial group of 100 soldiers have arrived in the city, which is controlled by Kiev. It includes artillery

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Russia Could Become India’s Largest Wheat Supplier in 2024 / 25

BRICS, Trade

Due to the current high potential of the 2024 harvest, existing reserves and competitive prices, Russia will be able to become a leading supplier of wheat to India, according to the Rusagrotrans analytical center, following an analysis of the Indian grain market. Rusagrotrans stated in an interview with Interfax that “If the wheat harvest in

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Top EU Court Rules In Favour Of Returning Sanctioned Russian Assets

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment

EU sanctions mechanism “was not legally transparent” In a case that may lead to unprecedented legal claims in the EU, a top EU court has annulled sanctions against billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, finding there was insufficient evidence the two oligarchs backed Russia’s conflict against Ukraine. The EU’s General Court concluded that the EU

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Russia & China To Develop Mutual “Supply Chain Stability”

BRICS, China, Trade

China and Russia have stated their aims to maintain “industrial supply chain stability” after Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov reinforced calls for their two countries to work more closely together against “hegemonism”, in a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry. Russia has been intensely sanctioned by Western powers

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