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Featured May 20, 2025

Russia-Afghanistan Forum Discusses Logistics, Transit & Infrastructure Developments

The Russia-Afghanistan Business Forum has been held during the Russia-Islamic World Economic Forum in Kazan, with delegations from Russia, Afghanistan and related countries all attending. Participants discussed the prospects for developing transport infrastructure in Afghanistan, as well as the creation of multimodal corridors linking Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and a second route connecting […]

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Featured May 19, 2025

Russia, United States Bilateral Trade & Investment Potential: May 19th 2025 Update

Both the US White House and the Kremlin have confirmed that a telephone conversation is imminent at 5pm today (Moscow time), between Presidents Trump and Putin, mainly to discuss the situation with Ukraine, but also with some hints of talks involving trade. While we will leave the political noise to other outlets to discuss, in […]

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May 19, 2025

Sberbank Proposes C-Type Accounts Foreign Investment Participation In Russian IPOs

Sberbank has proposed allowing foreigners to invest in Russian Initial Public Offerings (IPO) with money held in their C-type accounts, with purchased shares and dividends subsequently credited to these same accounts. A C-type account is a foreign owned bank account in Russia, which holds frozen income on securities owned by “unfriendly” foreign investors. This money […]

May 19, 2025

FESCO Completes First Direct St.Petersburg – Ho Chi Minh City Shipping Service

Russia’s FESCO shipping has completed its first direct ship call to Ho Chi Minh City, on Vietnam’s east coast. The service operates on FESCO’s Baltorient Line (FBOL) service, which takes in St. Petersburg, as well as ports in India and China. The transit time from St. Peterburg to Ho Chi Minh City is about 34 […]

May 18, 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Speech And Q&A With The Diplomatic Club

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has given an interesting speech and held a Q&A session with the Diplomatic Club in Moscow, which includes attendees from the Russian Foreign Ministry academy, Russian Regional Governors, and Foreign Ambassadors. The event was the first to be held since the covid pandemic. In a wide ranging presentation, Lavrov […]

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May 17, 2025

Turkmenistan, Russia and the Great Silk Road

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with the Chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who flew to Kazan to participate in the International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World”. The conversation between the politicians was reported by the Kremlin press service. “Vladimir Putin and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov warmly congratulated each other on […]

May 16, 2025

Oman as a Destination for Registering Russian Businesses is Growing

Russian businesses are increasingly interested in Oman as a business jurisdiction than the traditionally popular United Arab Emirates, whose status as the Middle East’s standard hub for registering companies and conducting settlements could be at risk from a tightening of Western regulatory requirements and sanctions compliance. More frequent requests are being seen to register companies, […]

May 13, 2025

Two Terminals Developing near the Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang Railway Bridge on the Border with China

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 […]

May 13, 2025

Russia and Vietnam to push ahead with new Oil, Gas, LNG, and Oil Refining Projects

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 […]

May 11, 2025

Ruble and Indonesian Rupiah in bilateral trade

BRICS member Russia is hoping to be able to use local currencies when trading with Indonesia one day, although Moscow has not set a target for when the use of the rupiah and the rouble in bilateral commerce could take place. Russia has sent several of its top officials to Indonesia in an effort to […]

May 11, 2025

Krasnoyarsk Region field named discovery of the year

The Krasnoyarsk Territory retains its position as one of the key Russian regions in hydrocarbon production. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation named the North Baikalovskoye field in Taimyr as one of the discoveries of 2024. It was included in the list of 39 new hydrocarbon fields in the country. […]