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Russia is ready to increase wheat exports to Mexico and is capable of quickly meeting local demand, Russian diplomats have stated, with Mexico currently experiencing a grain shortage due to a series of droughts. There are stumbling blocks: Russian companies remain highly interested in the Mexican market, but the development of these trade relations is […]
The new threats by US President Donald Trump to place an additional 25% tariffs on European exports entering US markets emphasize just how naïve European politicians have been when it comes to international diplomacy and foreign affairs. In threatening such measures should the EU (and specifically Denmark) do not agree to cede Greenland to the […]
The Moscow Arbitration Court has granted the application of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to consider the regulator’s lawsuit against the Belgian depository Euroclear for €200 billion in a closed court session. The decision was confirmed on Friday (January 16). A statement issued by the bank read, “The Central Bank of Russia requests to […]
Russian exports of grain and processed products from Primorye Krai in the Russian Far East reached 1.4 million tonnes in 2025, with the largest amounts registered for supplies to China, according to the Primorye Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). A total of 281,100 tonnes were registered for export […]
Russia boosted exports of soybean oil to South Korea 3.2-fold year-on-year to 5,500 tonnes in 2025 from 1,700 tonnes in 2024, setting an all-time high figure for supplies that began to this market in 2017, South Korea’s customs service has said. The value of shipments increased to US$6.4 million from US$1.8 million in 2024. Russia […]
The Russian government has submitted a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) agreement on the promotion and protection of investments between Russia and Myanmar to the State Duma for ratification. The agreement establishes a procedure for protecting investments, including procedures for compensating for expropriation and for resolving investment disputes. The agreement was originally signed off by both […]
In 2025, Russia-China trade entered a new and more complex phase. After four consecutive years of uninterrupted expansion, bilateral trade turnover declined for the first time since the covid pandemic in 2020. According to Chinese customs data cited by Russia’s Trade Representative to China Alexey Dakhnovsky, two-way trade fell by 6.9% year-on-year, reaching US$228.105 billion. […]
China has suspended its electricity purchases from Russia from January 1, the result of high export prices, which exceeded domestic Chinese prices for the first time. However, the cessation is likely to be medium term and resume next year when prices readjust. Inter RAO (an export-import operator) exports surplus electricity from the Russian Far East […]
The government of the Republic of Dagestan and representatives of MKB Group of Ankara, Turkiye have discussed building an assembly plant for agricultural machinery in the Russian region, mainly for tractors, the Dagestan export support center has stated. Rizvan Gazimagomedov, Dagestan’s deputy prime minister, said that “The launch and localization of production will provide impetus […]
Namibia’s Foreign Minister, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi visited Moscow from January 12 to 14), with the symbolism important but the trade, economics and investment dialogues more vital. Three decades after Namibia’s independence and more than sixty years after the Soviet Union first backed the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) during the liberation struggle, Windhoek and Moscow […]
Russia increased revenue from exports of agricultural products to Benin 6.8-fold in 2025 to over US$21 million in value, reaching a new historical record compared to the previous record of US$20.9 million in 2022, according to the Agroexport federal centre. In physical terms, exports increased 3.6-fold to 9,000 tonnes. The basis of the export revenue […]
China has authorized another 13 Russian fishing companies to supply products to its market, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) said, citing a decision by China’s General Administration of Customs. This includes six Sakhalin-based companies (including two transport refrigerators) and three from Kamchatka. The rest are from Primorye Territory and the Murmansk […]
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