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The XVI International Economic Forum “Russia – the Islamic World: KazanForum” is taking place from May 13 to May 18 in Kazan. The main theme of the forum in 2025 is “Digitalization: a new reality and additional opportunities for expanding cooperation.” Several thousand people taking part representing over 100 countries. To put it in a […]
Russia boosted exports of agricultural products to the United Arab Emirates 26% year-on-year to over 290,000 tons in the first quarter of 2025, the Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport center said, citing preliminary expert estimates. Russia increased shipments of dairy products the most at 7.7-fold to 54 tons from 7 tons, with ice cream exports accounting for […]
The 15th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Egyptian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation was held in Moscow on 14 May. It was held by Anton Alikhanov, Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Arab Republic of Egypt. […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Russia Tuesday May 13th on a four-day visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He stayed in Moscow from Tuesday to Thursday, and will travel to attend the Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum international economic forum in Kazan on Thursday and Friday. While in Moscow, Ibrahim […]
On May 10th the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa met with President Vladimir Putin and key Russian ministers and businessmen. The meeting was primarily held as a reaffirmation and commitment to mutual vision and interests. Zimbabwe is a reliable partner of Russia in Africa, and 2026 will mark 45 years of […]
During a meeting with members of the all-Russian public organization “Business Russia” on Tuesday May 13th President Vladimir Putin said that the main condition for the return of Western companies should be to benefit Russia. President Putin said that representatives of Western businesses were reaching out to him with requests to give them an opportunity […]
We live in an era where travel enthusiasts increasingly seek authentic and immersive experiences, gastronomic tourism has emerged as a unique avenue for exploring the culture and traditions of a destination through its food. As a result, the concept of gastronomic tourism has gained traction over the years, shaping how people view global culinary scenes, […]
We present an overview of the Chinese sea and rail transportation market, the reasons for the drop in shipping rates and the increase in railway tariffs, as well as what can be expected in the near future. The container transportation market between China and Russia remains difficult. Shipping rates have continued to drop since the […]
The US-China economic struggle is a tangled issue that involves both industrial and financial decoupling. The tariff saga initiated by the US in 2025 has caused not only a Chinese, but a global rethinking of buying and holding US debt. The old global model was that China would sell goods into the US and stockpile […]
The Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge is the first cross-river railway bridge between China and Russia. It is located across the Heilongjiang River, which is known as the Amur River in Russia. Also known as the Amur railway bridge, it connects Tongjiang city in the northeastern Heilongjiang province of China and Nizhneleninskoye in the eastern Jewish Autonomous […]
The basic road map for shipbuilding development is for Russian shipyards to build more than 1600 ships and marine equipment by 2036. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov at a meeting of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with his deputies. According to Mr. Manturov, priority is given to ships for the Northern […]
Russia and Vietnam have agreed to advance new oil and gas projects, including shipping and refining crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia to Vietnam, according to a joint declaration “On the main areas of the Russian-Vietnamese relations of comprehensive strategic partnership at a new stage” published on the Kremlin’s website. “The Parties […]
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