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Caspian Logistics Cluster Increases Trade With Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India.

Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East

The 4th Caspian Region Transport and Logistics International Forum has been taking place in Astrakhan, with specific technical discussions over the performances of the region’s ports. Delegates visited the facilities of VTS Group, Astrakhan Port, the shipbuilding operations of YUCSS, and the Kutum freight terminal of Russian Railways. The event was chaired by Mikhail Kabakov, […]

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First Shanghai-Minsk TIR Container Truck By Road Departs

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

A container truck carrying three new Chinese electric vehicles has departed from Shanghai en route to Minsk, Belarus, a distance of just over 11,000km. This marks the first shipment exported from Shanghai under the international TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers) road transport system. Following the dispatch of the truck to the Minsk, TIR-based transportation services for

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Western Siberian River Traffic Growing 20-25% As Russia’s River Logistics Boom

Commonwealth of Independent States, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Sergey Pavlushkin, a director of the Association of Shipowners of Western Siberia has stated that traffic volumes along the regions rivers has been growing steadily with annual increases of 20-25% since 2019. Between 2015 and 2024, local river transport volumes rose from 80,000 to 431,000 passengers and from 700,000 to nearly 1.6 million tonnes of

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Russia Launches New Sadko 9 Off Road Truck For Tough Terrain Logistics

Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Russia’s Modern Transport Technologies (STT) company has just launched sales of its new Sadko 9 vehicle, according to a company press release. This medium-duty 9-ton all-wheel-drive truck is built for rugged conditions and is aimed at buyers requiring off-road capabilities and support for heavy mounted equipment. This all-wheel drive truck has a load capacity of

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Why Russia’s Pivot To Asia Didn’t Cover The Russia-Pakistan Steel Plant Story

Asia, India, Russian Market

Several major Western and international media outlets covered a story that claimed Russia was investing US$2.6 billion in re-building a Pakistani steel plant in Karachi. That news appeared here, here, here, here, and here amongst much other coverage. So why didn’t Russia’s Pivot To Asia cover this story? The reason is simple: in this age

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Gazprom Boosts Power of Siberia Gas Supplies to China by 35%

China, Energy, Exports, Infrastructure

Gazprom has boosted gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline to 100 billion cubic meters, according to Alexei Miller, Gazprom’s CEO. Miller said, “The first 100 billion cubic meters of Russian gas out of over one trillion envisaged under the industry’s largest gas contract ever have been supplied to China via the

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Rosatom Planning To Commission NPP In Bangladesh, Bolivia and Turkiye

Energy, Exports, Infrastructure, Trade

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation will continue working this year to ensure that multiple power units are ready for commissioning in Bangladesh, Bolivia, and Turkiye, according to Atomenergoprom. The company is a 100% state-owned holding company that unifies the Russian civil nuclear industry and is part of the Rosatom state corporation. Interest on the

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Eurasian Economic Union to Sign Free Trade Agreements With Mongolia & UAE End June

Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Finance, Imports, Trade

Free Trade Agreements between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mongolia will be signed in Minsk in late June, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Utyupin has said. Belarus currently holds the chairmanship of the EAEU, which also includes Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. Utyupin was quoted in Belarus Segodnya

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Russian Summer 2025 Outbound Tourist Volumes Expected To Increase 24.8%

Africa, Asia, Exports, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russian Market, Trade

Outbound tourism from Russia may reach some 6.4 million this coming summer, which is a 24.8% increase from last year, the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) said on Friday (May 30). Artur Muradyan, vice president of ATOR for international tourism, said that “The early booking of summer vacations is almost twice as successful this

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Russia’s 2025 Inbound Tourism Volumes Expected To Increase By 20-25%

Asia, China, Imports, India, Middle East, Trade

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia ATOR) has stated that the forecast volumes of inbound tourists to Russia this year was expected to rise by 25% to reach about 2 million visitors, while the number of outbound Russian tourists is expected to increase to 6.4 million during 2025. The predictions were made by Alexander

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