Latest updates, insights, and analysis.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, 31st August, in Bishkek. While both are attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation annual Heads of State summit, also on the agenda are talks about the Power of Siberia 2 and other bilateral issues. The two will also meet again at the annual BRICS summit next month in New Delhi.
Russia’s Aleksandr Panov, the CEO of Russian neurotechnology firm Neiry, has been appointed the CEO of India’s ADI Neuroscience, a US$1 billion fund to develop India’s capabilities in this new human-tech sector. India is the world’s third largest investor in this field after the United States and China. The tech examines how the human brain can interact with machine technology.
The 2026 Russia-China “Sprouts” business forum has just concluded in Kazan with 21 major agreements and multiple investment MoUs signed. We detail the significance of this event, the deals agreed and how this sets a new path for the development of Russia-China bilateral investments.
The Russian Minister for Trade & Industry has provided Russian President Vladimir Putin with a development assessment of Russia’s performance during 2025 and new updates. With hard evidence to support the data, Western politicians and economists must start to look at the realities or be prepared to be wholly surprised – and their economies overtaken – in the next two years.
There is more than meets the eye concerning the Vatican’s Foreign Ministerial meetings in Moscow. We examine the background and details behind the visit and why this matters as concerns the Vatican, Russia, and Ukraine.
The Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has been in Moscow to meet with Russian President Putin and other senior officials. This comes ahead of important upcoming Heads of State summits with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the BRICS at which both the Russian and Indian senior leaders will be present. We examine the Moscow meetings, discuss bilateral trade and look at where this dynamic relationship can be expected to develop.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with his South Sudanese counterpart, James Pitia Morgan, in Moscow. While bilateral trade remains small, there are areas of growth and potential development, especially in energy, gold mining, and agriculture. We examine the relationship and look at where opportunities lie.
The Russian and Ghanian Foreign Ministers have met in Moscow, marking attempts by Moscow and Accra to turn rapidly expanding trade into a broader economic, investment, technological and security partnership. With bilateral trade expected to double in the coming five years, we deep dive the relationship and look at why Ghana hold so much promise for Russian activities in West Africa.
Russia and Vietnam have been engaging in numerous discussions and events over the past few months as they seek to double bilateral trade volumes to US$10 billion. We deep dive what has been discussed, development programmes and investments and how the two countries can realise their economic trade target ambitions.
Russia and the Maldives have been discussing improving the flight connectivity and supporting tourism infrastructure between the two countries. We examine the details and the likely developments and impact in this important bilateral tourism trade sector.
Russia’s Tatneft has entered into a JV with China’s NTL Chemical Technologies LLC, with initial investments of US$1.6 billion, increasing to about US$3.6 billion by 2035. The venture is involved in chemical processing and development to support Russia and China’s agricultural sectors as they move to eliminate reliance on Western producers.
The Uzbek Minister of Agriculture has met with the Russian head of the Mordovia Republic, with both expressing desire to work together. The Uzbek Minister, Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, said that bilateral agricultural trade between Russia and Uzbekistan had grown by 31.7% In 7M 2026.
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