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India

India, Russia Working Group Discusses LNG Cooperation & Bilateral Investment

BRICS, Energy, Finance, India, Investment, Trade

The 8th Session of the India-Russia Working Group on Priority Investment Projects has been taking place in Delhi, co-chaired by Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Secretary of the Indian Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, and Vladimir Ilichev, Russia’s Deputy Economic Development Minister. The session took place in the framework of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission […]

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Kazakhstan

Russia, Kazakhstan, Discuss Nuclear Cooperation and Increasing Oil/Gas Transits

Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Finance, Trade

The Russian Deputy Russian Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev and several other energy officials have been holding discussions with Magzum Mirzagaliyev, advisor to the Kazakh president, and Kazakh Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov. Other officials from the Russian and Kazakh energy ministries also attended. The issues were cooperation in the nuclear and financial

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Ecuador

Ecuador Discussing Nuclear Energy Investment With Russia

Energy, Investment, Latin America, Trade

Ecuador is discussing the construction of the country’s first low-capacity nuclear power plant with Russia, while France and the United States are also in the running for its NPP construction contracts, according to Fabian Calero, the Ecuadorian Deputy Energy Minister. Calero said that Ecuador is currently working on a new law on nuclear energy and

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Yekerterinburg

China’s Belt & Road Initiative To The Russian Arctic Would Create The World’s Largest Dry Port At Yekaterinburg

China, Energy, Infrastructure, Investment, Russia's Belt & Road, Russian Market, Trade

The Chinese government and Chinese businesses are interested in creating a new transport corridor that would extend from Yekaterinburg in the Russian Urals to Russia’s Arctic ports at Yamal. This would be a key part of a longer route that would connect China to the Arctic Ocean and the Northern Sea Route. The interest was

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Kyrgyzstan

Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund To Increase 2025 Financing By 7.8%    

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Investment, Trade

The Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund (RKDF) plans to allocate US$161 million to finance investment projects this year, the RKDF has stated. The fund’s financing amounted to US$149.3 million in 2024. The new figures mean it will increase 7.8% in 2025. During the year, US$141 million is expected to go towards direct project financing, and another US$20

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Russia’s AirBridgeCargo May Resume Operations During 2025  

China, Logistics & Transport, Trade

AirBridgeCargo, the largest cargo airline in Russia until 2022, has said it may resume operations in 2025, according to its latest financial statements. These state that “The company is monitoring changes in the geopolitical situation and expects that in 2025 there will be an opportunity to implement plans to resume operations.” AirBridgeCargo suspended flights after

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Japan

Japan To Keep Its Stake In Russia’s Sakhalin Island LNG Project

Asia, Energy, Exports

Japan will continue participating in Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on Sakhalin Island due to their strategic importance for the country’s energy security, according to Tokyo’s 2025 edition of its Diplomatic Blue Book, which outlines Japan’s foreign affairs activities. Japan has supported the Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict and has

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Africa

African Agriculture Student Applications For Study In Russia Increase 500%

Africa, Agriculture, Trade

The number of African student applicants to study in Russian University agricultural programmes have grown fivefold from 2020-25, according to Russia’s Federal Agency for International Cooperation. Officially known as the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) it operates as a federal executive body responsible for

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Dubai

Russia Imports Its First Shipment Of Dates From Dubai

Agriculture, Imports, Middle East, Russian Market

In another sign of shifting supply chains, Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has organised the first shipment of imported dates in a refrigerated container from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Russia. 23 tonnes of dried dates were loaded into a FESCO refrigerated container and delivered to the UAE’s Jebel Ali Port. The cargo was then loaded

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