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As the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-30) in Belem, Brazil, concluded without a final climate deal, the global climate agenda now stands at a crossroads. Decades of ambitious declarations from Western industrialized nations have not delivered the promised reductions in global emissions. Instead, what the world […]
The head of Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FTS), Daniil Yegorov, has stated that Russia has restructured its Double Tax Treaty (DTA) arrangements with other countries, with these now being aligned with countries that provide favorable investment environments for Russian investors. DTAs are bilateral agreements aimed at preventing situations where the same income of a legal […]
Russia’s Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) has stated that SBM LLC (Vladivostok) is to create an industrial complex for producing metal structures in Primorsky Krai, which will include a metal structures plant, an industrial park for tenants, and storage sites for finished products. According to the Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities, […]
Russia is poised to offer more African countries visa-free access to Russia, according to Tatyana Dovgalenko, a director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Partnership with Africa. Currently, eleven African countries have visa-free travel with Russia today, and expanding this list could help further develop tourism and business connections. Dovgalenko said that “introducing visa-free […]
The leaders of the world’s major economies are gathering in South Africa for the G20 Summit between November 22–23, and they will find themselves at a crossroads confronting a global landscape more fractured, polarized, and competitive than at any time since the end of the Cold War. What was once conceived as a practical forum […]
Russia’s Delo Group is discussing the launch of a regular sea container line featuring calls between Novorossiysk Port and Mormugao Port, in Goa, India, according to Delo CEO Sergei Shishkarev. He was speaking on the sidelines of the Transport of Russia 2025 forum. Mormugao Port ceased container handling several years ago, but the equipment for […]
Russian dairy producers have begun to access the Mauritanian market in Northwest Africa, with the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport saying that Russian exports totaled 80 tonnes worth nearly US$190,000 in 10M 2025. Russia also exported yeast to Mauritania at over 75 tonnes worth nearly US$170,000 in the same period. It is the first time Russian […]
The Venezuelan parliament has approved a 15-year extension of joint ventures between Venezuelan state-owned company PDVSA and Russian oil firm Roszarubezhneft, according to a statement on the Venezuelan National Assembly’s website. The extension, announced on Thursday (November 20), allows the joint ventures operating oilfields in western Venezuela to continue until 2041, with lawmakers estimating roughly […]
China resumed imports of Russian ice cream in October after a break in September, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. China purchased ice cream valued at US$16,700, which was the lowest monthly figure for 2025. The largest amount of exports of Russian ice cream to the Chinese market this year occurred in March, at […]
The Russian government has announced plans for a major upgrade to the cargo port in the city of Mariupol, in the country’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The city was largely in ruins following a fierce battle between Russia and Ukraine in spring 2022. Mariupol is the largest port on the Sea of Azov, and officials […]
The state visit of Togolese Prime Minister Faure Gnassingbéto Moscow on November 18-19 and his high-level talks with President Vladimir Putin on November 19 marks a defining moment in the evolution of Russia-Africa comprehensive economic relations. Far more than a diplomatic courtesy, the visit symbolizes a maturing partnership grounded in strategic trust, mutually beneficial economics, […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with Togolese Prime Minister Faure Gnassingbe in Moscow to discuss bilateral relations. The two announced the opening of respective embassies in Moscow and Lomé. Gnassingbe’s trip occurs amid a gradual but steady development between Russia and numerous African countries. For Togo, this momentum began in June 2018 with […]
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