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Updated October 7, 2025
Xi Putin
Featured May 9, 2025

China, Russia, Sign Multiple Agreements Following 7 Hour Putin-Xi Talks: Statements  

Russia and China have signed nearly three dozen agreements following negotiations between presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow. The two leaders talked for more than seven hours, with agreed documents ranging from joint statements on strengthening their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between the two nations, to declarations in support of the global […]

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PoS
Featured May 9, 2025

Russia, China Agree To Expedite Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline Agreement

Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping have agreed to speed up the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline project, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak. The announcement was made on Thursday (May 8) following high-level talks in Moscow during Xi’s official visit to Russia to attend the May 9 Victory […]

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Primorye
May 7, 2025

Chinese Investment Into Sino-Russian Construction Materials JV In Primorye

A joint Sino-Russian venture, ABK Lider LLC is investing ₽1.1 billion (USD13.5 million) in the construction of a manufacturing plant to produce blocks, wall panels and ventilation shafts from Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. The plant will be established in the Bolshoi Kamen Priority Development Area in Primorye. Bolshoi Kamen itself is a major sea port and […]

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Coal
May 5, 2025

Nearly 100% Of China’s Anthracite Imports Originate In Russia

China’s import of anthracite (premium grade coal) reached an absolute record in March at 1.9 million tons, of which almost 100% came from Russia. The increase in supplies from Russia are due to the redirection of Novosibirsk coal from southern ports to Far Eastern ports, as well as a reduction in Chinese purchases of anthracite […]

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Potatoes
May 5, 2025

China Becomes Top Three Supplier Of Potatoes To Russia

China has become the third largest potato supplier to Russia, with Russia importing 46,700 tons of vegetables from China valued at US$17.3 million. Egypt was second with 75,300 tons, and Belarus the potato exports kings with 193,800 tons of potatoes. Other significant suppliers include Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Armenia, Turkiye and Germany. In […]

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Haval
May 5, 2025

China’s Haval Autos Changes Its Russian Market Strategy 

Growing demands on Chinese automakers to localize production in Russia are forcing them to expand their warehouse capacity within the country. For example, Haval leased 42,000 square meters in the Klin industrial park near Moscow – one of the largest deals in the commercial property rental sector this year to date. Reports from the Moscow […]

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Primorye
May 2, 2025

Chinese Investors Looking At Financing Russian Far East Logistics Complex 

Chinese investors plan to build a trade and logistics complex, an industrial park of building materials and a plant for the production of metal structures in Primorsky Krai, with a total investment amount of about ₽2.7 billion (US$33 million), according to the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (KRDV). The […]

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Qingdao
May 2, 2025

New Far East Russia – Qingdao Shipping Service Launched

Russia’s Delo Group stevedoring subsidiary has launched a new container service that connects the Russian port of Vostochny with China’s east coast Qingdao, with the service running three times a month. It will be able to take on board both universal containers and specialized tank containers and refrigerated trucks. Vostochny Port is near to Vladivostok […]

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China Iran
April 30, 2025

Russian Railways Logistics Launch Cargo Delivery Service to China via Iran

Russian Railways Logistics plans to launch permanent cargo delivery to China via Iran via the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), according to Vera Vtorygina, director of the Russian Railways Logistics branch in Saratov. She was speaking at the “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region 2025” forum in Astrakhan. In March, a test shipment of potash […]

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