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The Kamaz truck subsidiary NetCar has successfully tested and is now using driverless trucks capable of passing border control checkpoints between Russia and Kazakhstan. This service includes direct Moscow-Astana connectivity and ultimately, driverless ‘drone’ trucks carrying cargo between Russia and China.
Russia’s sea fishing Vladmorryb Port, based in Vladivostok, is establishing a direct shipping service to China’s Rizhao Port in Shangdong Province. The new service will be operated by a container ship with a capacity for 620 TEU, carrying both containerized and refrigerated cargo.
Russia’s Pharmasyntez Group is to begin exports of drugs to Afghanistan after concluding discussions with the Afghan Ministry of Health. The company typically exports anti-tuberculosis, anti-cancer, antiretroviral medicines and hospital antibiotics. Afghanistan has a population of about 43 million.
Russia is sending Ebola-virus testing kits and specialist training to medical facilities in the Republic of Congo to help battle the spread of the local outbreaks of this deadly disease.
The North Caucasus Investment Forum showcased an up and coming region of southern Russia that is creating a specific transport corridor from the Russian heartland to the Middle East and Central Asia. We deep dive the economic progress and provide a thorough analysis of developments in this enigmatic and little understood region.
The Commonwealth of Independent States has just held its annual meetings in Ashgabat, including leaders from Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Significant developments took place in unifying a practical Eurasian geoeconomic platform centered around transport integration, industrial modernization, digital governance, logistics sovereignty, strategic mineral supply chains, customs digitization, agricultural security, energy coordination, and sanctions-resistant continental trade. This article is crucial intelligence for anyone involved in the Eurasian and Central Asian trade space.
Russia’s VTB Bank is to conduct an SPO to help its acquisition of the Wildberries & Russ banking network in a significant Russian domestic play.
Russia’s AI software developer FabricaONE AI is planning a listing on the Moscow Stock in the Autumn. Fabrica specialises in uniting assets, and expertise in AI technologies, custom development and industrial software.
Russia’s Kristall Distillery is importing and then bottling premium Mexican tequila for the domestic market. Russians are drinking less vodka and a variety of other alcohols as market tastes shift.
The Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, is set to hold discussions with Tunisia over signing a negotiated Free Trade Agreement. This can be expected to replace certain Tunisia-EU trade flows as Eurasian-North African dynamics begin to align.
Bahrain is not a major energy play in the Middle East but is becoming important in grain transhipment. We look at the latest bilateral discussions between President Putin and the King of Bahrain.
Russian pharma has both generic and state of the art pharmaceuticals and is exporting these to North Korea in medicines largely attributed to dealing with an aging population as the DPRK populations begins to retain a better and longer quality of life.
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