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Russia’s portfolio of arms export contracts with countries in the Middle East and North Africa amounts to tens of billions of dollars, according to Dmitry Shugaev, the head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. Speaking at the Dubai Airshow, 2025, He said that “The Middle East, North Africa, and the Near East have traditionally […]
Russia’s Maritime Board Chairman, Nikolai Patrushev, has suggested that India consider establishing shipbuilding and ship repair clusters in Mumbai or Chennai involving Russia, stating that “it is advisable to consider creating shipbuilding and ship repair clusters with Russia’s participation in important economic areas such as Mumbai or Chennai.” He was speaking at the Russian-Indian interdepartmental […]
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Khusnullin, has been attending the Russia-Oman business forum held in Muscat and has provided updates on Oman becoming an additional destination on the southern part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). He stated that “We have a very interesting project with Oman in port infrastructure development. The connection between […]
The United States Treasury ‘Office of Foreign Assets Control’ (OFAC) has issued a license permitting transactions involving Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft related to the operation of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and the Tengiz and Karachaganak fields in Kazakhstan. The license foes not require any “transactions for the sale, disposition, or transfer of any interest” […]
The Eurasian Railway Gateway terminal, connecting the Belarusian Great Stone Industrial Park in Minsk to China’s Belt & Road Initiative, is being prepared and should begin initial operations in mid-2026, according to Belarus Segodnya, the official media. The newspaper said, “The Eurasian Railway Gateway bi-modal container terminal is a key logistics project of the Great […]
As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) convenes its Council of Heads of Government summit in Moscow on November 17–18, 2025, member states are poised to deliver strategic momentum on economic integration, especially in China–Russia trade and multilateral trade cooperation. Under Russia’s rotating presidency, this high-level gathering follows the landmark Tianjin Summit three months ago, and […]
The trilateral gas project involving Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan has proven successful, and gas transit volumes are expected to grow, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a briefing in Tashkent, where he arrived on a state visit. Tokayev stated that “The Russia-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan gas project is showing strong results. Through joint efforts, we intend to increase […]
The Bazis Group of Companies (recently known as Cloud Platform LLC), the parent company of Russian system software developer Bazis LLC, has been restructured into a Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC), a legal entity used for large-scale enterprises. Companies do this to allow an unlimited number of shareholders to invest in the business by offering […]
A special railway train, consisting of 46 containers carrying household items, home appliances, and electronic products, departed on Tuesday (November 11) from China’s Hunchun railway checkpoint headed directly for Moscow. This event marked the official launch of the Sino-Russian postal container train “Hunchun-Moscow,” which will carry out the specific cross-border delivery of postal items between […]
The Wildberries & Russ joint venture (RWB LLC) has signed a cooperation agreement with Ethiopia’s sovereign wealth fund, Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH). The agreement provides for joint efforts to localize RWB products for the Ethiopian market, as well as partnership and support through investment and technology initiatives that promote e-commerce and infrastructure development in Ethiopia, […]
JSC Vladivostok International Airport (VIA) and Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport have entered into a strategic partnership agreement, Vladivostok Airport has stated, saying that “The agreement aims to develop a long-term bilateral partnership, jointly enhancing the airports’ international competitiveness, and further developing passenger routes and cargo logistics.” Currently, there are no direct flights between Vladivostok and […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan, in Moscow. This follows an Intergovernmental Commission meeting held in Astana a few days earlier, which we discussed here. Russia and Kazakhstan are both neighbours, ex-Soviet Union partners, and members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union and […]
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