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CSTO

Russia, CSTO Annual Foreign Ministerial Meetings: 2025 Security Developments  

Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov; has been attending the annual Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) meetings, held this year in Kyrgyzstan. The CSTO is often described as a ‘Eurasian version of NATO’ and includes Russia along with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Armenia is also a member but has not recently been participating. Afghanistan […]

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BRICS

BRICS To Launch New Multilateral Guaranteed Investment Fund

BRICS, Finance, Investment, Trade

The BRICS group is to announce a new BRICS Multilateral Guarantee Fund, backed by its New Development Bank (NDB) to lower project financing costs and boost investment. The initiative, apparently modeled on the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), aims to address global investment shifts amid uncertainty surrounding U.S. economic policy, according to sources via Reuters. Brazilian officials

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Saudi

Russia, Saudi Arabia 2025 Relations: Update 

Energy, Exports, Imports, Investment, Middle East, Security, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrovm has held talks with Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, yesterday (July 4). Al Saud is in Moscow on a working visit.  The ministers called for maintaining a regular Russian-Saudi dialogue and intensifying delegation exchanges. They stressed the need for promoting

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Russia Officially Recognizes The Taliban As Afghanistan’s Legitimate Government

Asia, Investment, Regulatory, Security, Trade

Moscow has officially recognized the Taliban in Afghanistan, becoming the first major power to establish formal diplomatic ties with the Islamic government. The Russian Supreme Court had previously removed the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations in April this year, effectively legalizing its activities for the first time since the designation in 2003. The

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Flynas

Permission Granted For Direct Russia–Saudi Arabia Flights From August

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Trade

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has issued a permit to Saudi Arabia’s Flynas airline to perform regular flights between Riyadh and Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. The airline can perform four flights per week, from August 1 to the end of the current spring-summer navigation (October 25), using Airbus A320/330 aircraft. At present, there are no direct

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Ukraine

Are Ukrainian Culture and Attitudes Absorbing Lithuania, Estonia, and the European Union?

Security

Russia’s Pivot to Asia has recently visited Estonia and Lithuania, both splendid nations with plenty of history, with the latter once being a proto-empire, stretching from the Baltic to the Black Seas. Historically, both had more Germanic influence over the centuries, as traders and barons came and went and possessed and repossessed lands. In more

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BRICS

BRICS Demand for Russian Oil Exceeds Supply Capabilities

BRICS, Energy, Exports, Trade

The BRICS countries are demonstrating a growing interest in Russian energy resources, including oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal, with demand for oil exceeding available volumes, most of which have already been contracted, according to Roman Marshavin, Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister. He stated that “BRICS partners are already openly declaring their interest in Russian energy

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Exports

Russia’s Exports to Unfriendly Countries Now Just 18% of the Annual Total

Africa, China, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, India, Middle East, Russian Market

The share of friendly countries in Russia’s foreign trade has increased from 46% to 82% over the past three years, including more than 85% of export deliveries now going to these countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has stated. He was speaking at a government strategic meeting, “Training personnel in foreign economic activity to

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China

China Increases Purchases Of Russian Base Metals   

China, Exports, Investment, Trade

Beijing has increased purchases of Russian metals, according to Chinese customs data. Chinese imports of Russian aluminium jumped nearly 56% year-on-year to almost one million tons between January and May, while copper purchases surged 66% and nickel imports more than doubled, according to the Chinese statistics. While Russia’s largest aluminium producers Rusal and Norilsk Nickel

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