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Russia’s Bilateral Trade With Pakistan Increasing

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Islamabad proposes trade barter system to overcome financial difficulties  Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan’s Astana. Trade between Russia and Pakistan is growing, and Russia is willing to increase supplies of energy and agricultural produce to Islamabad, […]

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Russia – Kazakhstan Bilateral Trade Reaches US$30 Billion  

Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Russia – Kazakhstan bilateral trade is growing steadily, and has already reached almost US$30 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during meetings with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State summit held in Astana. Russia remains one of the main trade and economic partners for Kazakhstan, Putin said, adding “We

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Xi, Putin, Want Pricing Agreement On Power of Siberia 2 “As Soon As Possible” and Instruct Gazprom and Sinopec To Make A Deal

China, Energy, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana yesterday (July 3), and have instructed the two countries’ responsible companies to agree on the terms of gas supply via the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline “as soon as possible,” according to Russian Deputy

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Azerbaijan States Intention To Join BRICS

BRICS, Commonwealth of Independent States, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

The Pro-Russia BRICS bloc has soft power control over the Caspian and Red Sea supply chains  Azerbaijan, which has been attending the annual Heads of State meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana has expressed interest in joining the BRICS grouping.  The BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, while Egypt,

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Russia, Turkiye Plan To Increase Bilateral Trade To US$100 Billion

BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in Astana on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation annual Heads of State meetings, with both sides also engaging in trade development talks. Current bilateral trade is running at about US$55 billion, with Alexei Yerkov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkiye, also present

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads Of State Meetings Begin In Astana

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, India, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Putin, Xi, Modi and other regional leaders are all attending The annual Heads of State meetings of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has begun in Astana, Kazakhstan. The SCO has different categories of membership, with full members being China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Three countries —

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The World Bank Classifies Russia As “A High Income” Country With Average Income Worth US$47,261.

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment

The World Bank has recognised Russia as a high-income nation in its official global rankings, after stating that the average Russian gross national income per capita in Russia is US$14,250, which at current exchange rates, in local Ruble terms is ₽1,260,940.   The World Bank Group assigns the world’s economies to four income groups: low,

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Russian Passenger Flights Per Annum Third Highest In the World

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

The number of passengers for Russian airlines is expected to reach about 98.1 million over 2024, according to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) head Dmitry Yadrov. This ranks Russia as the world’s third largest passenger aviation market, behind the United States and China, and just ahead of India.   Yadrov said that “For now, we

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As The World Looks At US Trade and Dollar Alternatives, What Are The Options?

Economy, Finance, Trade

The role of national currencies in global trade is changing, as countries look at ways of at least partial minimisation of exposure to the US dollar. We discuss the evolutionary trends.    Two main global financial evolutionary events are happening at the same time: the first is changes to the role of the US dollar,

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