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Featured June 16, 2025

Russia Looking To Export High-Speed Rail Technology To The Commonwealth Of Independent States: Implications

Foreign transport companies, including those from the CIS countries, are showing great interest in studying Russia’s approaches to building the country’s first high-speed railway (HSR), according to Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit. Russia is preparing to build an HSR between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Starovit said that “The subject of the high-speed railway is a […]

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Featured June 16, 2025

German Economic Institute: “Russia’s Exports Have Grown Considerably”

The German Economic Institute has reported that Russia’s exports have grown considerably compared to figures recorded prior to the Ukraine conflict and despite sweeping Western sanctions. In a report published on Friday (June 13), the institute stated that “despite all European efforts, Moscow is ‘skilfully exploiting the loopholes in the sanctions regime to expand its financial resources.’” […]

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June 15, 2025

Russia, China Bilateral Trade Declines By 8% In 5M 2025: Analysis & Opinion

Bilateral trade between China and Russia continues to decline, with Russian exports of hydrocarbons decreasing both in physical and monetary terms, according to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China. In the first five months of this year, the volume of trade between Russia and China decreased […]

June 15, 2025

Russia, Central & Northeast Asia’s New Supply Chain Routes: Updates

While Russia, under increasing sanctions, is looking for new logistical supply chains, strengthening cooperation with North Korea, and planning new international routes, the Central Asian countries continue to seize the moment to build as many transport corridors as possible through their territories, consolidating their place not only in the regional but also in the global […]

June 10, 2025

River Freight Service Launched Between Russia’s Khabarovsk and China’s Tongjiang

A river freight route connecting the city of Tongjiang in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province with Russia’s Khabarovsk was launched this week, according to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency. Two barges powered by the Longtui-610 tugboat left the Tongjiang River port and sailed to Khabarovsk along the Sungari (Songhuajian) and Amur (Heilongjiang) rivers, which marks the […]

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June 4, 2025

Russia To Develop Space Tourism Industry: Prospects

Russia’s Roscosmos is planning to send space tourists to the Russian space station currently under development, according to Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov. He stated that “Instead of the ISS (International Space Station), there will be a Russian space station where we are planning to develop tourist missions as well.” Russia is creating the new station […]

June 2, 2025

First Shanghai-Minsk TIR Container Truck By Road Departs

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 […]

June 1, 2025

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

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 […]

May 31, 2025

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

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 […]

May 31, 2025

Russia Wants To Restart RICS Security Dialogue With China & India

Moscow is interested in resuming dialogue on security issues within the framework of the RIC (Russia-India-China), format, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ‘Eurasian International Public and Political Hearings on the Formation of an Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation Architecture in Eurasia’ conference in Perm on Thursday. (May 29). Lavrov emphasized Russia’s “sincere […]

May 29, 2025

Russia’s EkoNiva Opens Retail Outlet In China

Russia’s EkoNiva Group, the largest raw milk producer in the country, has opened its first retail store in China. It was opened in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, which is home to the group’s trader EkoNiva (Xi’an) Dairy Co. Xi’an is also home to the world-famous terracotta warriors. The EkoNiva store offers customers ultra-pasteurized milk and coffee […]