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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has conducted a series of bilateral meetings in Manzherok at the Gorno-Altai resort in the Altai Republic on Thursday, meeting with the prime ministers of Armenia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Armenia In relations with Yerevan, Moscow is concerned about the decline in trade turnover against the backdrop of Armenia’s rapprochement with […]
China’s NewNew Shipping Line may invest in a deep-water project at Arkhangelsk’s seaport, Arkhangelsk Region Governor Alexander Tsybulsky said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (July 24). Tsybulsky said that “The Chinese company NewNew Shipping Line is showing interest in the project. They’re prepared to invest up to ₽200 billion (US$2.52 billion) […]
The tourist flow from Moscow to Beijing increased by 83% in the first five months of 2025, according to Zheng Fang, Deputy Director of the Beijing Tourism Administration. Fang added that Beijing will introduce ten additional programmes for Russian travelers. In this way, Russia and China are strengthening their tourism partnership. Moscow and Chinese cities […]
Conflict has broken out between Thailand and Cambodia, regarding long-disputed land borders and certain temples. The problems began with a Thai soldier being wounded by a Cambodian land mine and have escalated. As of Friday, (July 25) an estimated 15 civilians have died with 138,000 Thai nationals being evacuated from the border region. Fighting has […]
The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are preparing for the annual Heads of State summit, which will take place from August 31 to September 1 in Tianjin, China. Both Russia and China have stated they intend to take the SCO to a level that “goes up forever.” However, as Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey […]
Russia has imposed an immediate halt on foreign oil tanker loadings at its key Black Sea export hubs, citing a new port security decree that requires Federal Security Service (FSB) clearance for all foreign vessels—a move that will disrupt over 2% of global crude supply. The restriction, which took effect immediately following President Vladimir Putin’s […]
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with Maria Lucas, the Foreign Minister of Mozambique in Moscow. Mozambique lies along the east African coast and acts as a link between the Indian ocean and the heart of the African continent. This is what Lavrov had to say in a de-briefing after the discussions: “We […]
Average monthly salaries in Russia are expected to grow to ₽100,000 (US$1,273) by the end of 2025, an increase of 12% over the year, according to Izvestia, Russia’s equivalent of the Financial Times. The best earners now are in the IT sector, finance and raw material extraction, insurance, construction, transportation and storage, while the manufacturing […]
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said the country was making progress in talks with Moscow and Belgrade on building a new oil pipeline between Hungary and Serbia. Szijjarto said, “While Brussels is blocking Russian energy supplies, cutting off connections, and blocking routes, we need new sources and new routes. Hungary will not fall victim to […]
China’s Great Wall Motors (GWM) will build a new plant for the production of automobile components and transmissions in Russia’s Tula Region. GWM and the regional government signed the agreement on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June. The plant, which will create 1,000 jobs, will be built at the Uzlovaya […]
The Chinese car manufacturer Changan has stopped producing its cars at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad and now plans to supply its cars to Russia from Kazakhstan. The first deliveries are scheduled for autumn 2025, with the Changan CS55 Plus crossover the first to be imported into Russia. The cars will be assembled at the […]
Russia shipped a record amount of pork to North Korea in H1 this year, with exports from January to June amounting to 1,200 tons, according to the Russian Agroexport Center. This is more than double the total of 700 tons exported for all of 2024. Agroexport said that other Russian agricultural goods exports to North […]
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