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Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishuston, had met with the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, in Ashgabat to discuss significant bilateral trade and investment issues. Both are also attending the CIS Annual Heads of Government Meetings. Russia-Turkmenistan developments are being sped up due to the need to create alternative trade routes with Iran.
Russia and Vietnam have signed a maritime agreement to 2030 that includes cooperation in naval activity, shipbuilding, ship repairs, and maritime personnel training, as well as the joint use of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor. It will compliment Russia’s expanding developments into Asian shipbuilding and repair investments throughout the region.
Russia has become China’s largest supplier of fish and seafood and intends to increase exports still more, A target of US$6 billion in exports by 2030 has been declared, a 20% increase per annum in each of the coming four years.
The Armenian Foreign Minister has firmly rebuffed European media claims that the country is looking to exit the Eurasian Economic Un ion and wants to join the EU. He stated that Armenia has no intention of taking such a step, that it is unconstitutional, and not on any development agenda. Armenia has no European border, while its trade with the EU is just 7.5% of its total compared to 38% with Russia.
Russia’s Rosatom has signed a nuclear energy development agreement with Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Energy in Moscow, the latest in numerous nuclear deals Russia has been making throughout the African continent.
The Russian and Vietnamese Defence Ministers have been meeting in Moscow to discuss on-going cooperation. Russia is Vietnam’s largest supplier of military equipment and weapons and seeks to keep a balance in Southeast Asia.
The Moscow Zoo is leading an international mission with the Global Union of Zoological Institutions to relocate about 200 Hippopotami in Colombia, descendants of deceased Drug Baron Pablo Escobar’s private safari park. The animals, native to Africa, have been breeding and causing significant environmental damage. If relocation is unsuccessful, Bogota will euthanize the creatures.
The Russia’s Pivot To Asia detailed report on the full results of the Putin-Xi, China-Russia meetings in Beijing, complete with a thorough examination of the contents of the joint statement, signed agreements and complete analysis of China Russia developments as they happened.
Russian turkey exports to Africa have nearly tripled, with these products supplied to four main consumer markets – Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Guinea. Meat consumption in sub-Saharan Africa is three times lower than the global average but improving economic conditions are seeing its dietary use increase.
China has become Russia’s largest export market for edible oils and fats, with a 1.6 times increase over 2025 in the year to date. The results showcase the increasing diversification of their mutual imports and exports into larger quantities of non-energy trade.
Another four Russian meat producing businesses have received permission to export their products to Singapore, where the average per meat consumption is four times more than the South Asian average.
Russia’s Nanolek is investing in a second HPV vaccine production line to satisfy markets in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Central and Southeast Asia as well as Africa. The line will increase vaccine production to 6 million doses a year and should be completed by 2027.
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