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April 16, 2025

Russia Eying Turkish Lentil Market

Russia’s Agroexport Centre has stated that Russia has the potential to increase dried lentil exports to Turkiye to values of US$150 million by 2030. Russia’s main competitors on the Turkish lentil market are Canada, Kazakhstan and Australia. Russian lentil exports to Turkiye fell to US$76.1 million last year from US$100.6 million in 2023, with exports […]

April 15, 2025

Russia’s Energy Strategy Until 2050: New Government Report Released 

Russia’s Energy Strategy: Crude Oil Production and Export Outlook to 2050 – a document outlining the country’s vision for the energy sector and response to global challenges – was approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday. It provides a conservative approach to crude oil production, aiming to stabilize output at approximately 10.84 million barrels […]

April 14, 2025

Russian Transhipment Operators Pick Up Euro-Exited Baltic-Asia Sea Routes  

Russia’s container transhipment volumes in its Northwestern Ports such as St.Petersburg continue to recover after volumes fell in 2022. This new growth trend has made it possible to maintain a surplus of terminal capacity and introduce new quality of direct line services without transhipment in European ports, according to Leonid Shlyakhturov, Executive Director of FESCO […]

April 13, 2025

Russia, Commonwealth Of Independent States Foreign Ministers Meeting: CIS Updates

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been attending the annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Almaty. The meetings included the Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.   Following the discussions, Lavrov held a Press Conference and took related questions. In this article, he […]

April 12, 2025

Russia’s Q1 2025 Wheat Exports To Africa Increase To 11.8 Million Tons

Russia’s wheat exports to Africa surged in the Q1 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, with exports of raw grain and its processed products totalling 11.8 million tons between January 1 and April 6. Wheat exports to Nigeria increased fourfold to 210,000 tons, Tunisia’s imports of Russian […]

April 12, 2025

Russia’s Q1 2025 Buckwheat Exports Double

Russia’s buckwheat exports doubled year-on-year to 110,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2025, the Agroexport federal center has reported. China remained the biggest importer, purchasing 96% of Russian buckwheat exports. Turkey imported 1% and Iran also 1%. Agroexport said that Turkey had imported a record 1,200 tonnes of buckwheat, while Iraq purchased Russian buckwheat […]

April 11, 2025

Russia, Sri Lanka Discuss Energy and Investment Projects

Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Roman Marshavin has held videoconference discussions with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy, Kumara Jayakody, as well as representatives of Sri Lanka’s energy companies. Sri Lanka has been hit by an economic crisis and lacks sufficient energy production. The two sides discussed prospects for joint investment projects in the fuel […]

April 11, 2025

India, Russia Working Group Discusses LNG Cooperation & Bilateral Investment

The 8th Session of the India-Russia Working Group on Priority Investment Projects has been taking place in Delhi, co-chaired by Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Secretary of the Indian Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, and Vladimir Ilichev, Russia’s Deputy Economic Development Minister. The session took place in the framework of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission […]

April 11, 2025

Russia, Kazakhstan, Discuss Nuclear Cooperation and Increasing Oil/Gas Transits

The Russian Deputy Russian Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev and several other energy officials have been holding discussions with Magzum Mirzagaliyev, advisor to the Kazakh president, and Kazakh Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov. Other officials from the Russian and Kazakh energy ministries also attended. The issues were cooperation in the nuclear and financial […]

April 11, 2025

Russia, Sudan, Discuss Military Security 

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has held talks with Mohamed Siraj, the Sudanese ambassador to Moscow, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stated.   Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by fierce fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), with […]

April 11, 2025

Ecuador Discussing Nuclear Energy Investment With Russia

Ecuador is discussing the construction of the country’s first low-capacity nuclear power plant with Russia, while France and the United States are also in the running for its NPP construction contracts, according to Fabian Calero, the Ecuadorian Deputy Energy Minister. Calero said that Ecuador is currently working on a new law on nuclear energy and […]

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