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Featured April 2, 2024

Russian Manufacturers Beginning To Replace Chinese Vendors In Russian Market Supply Chains

Russian current SME demand for intermediary agents to work with counterparties from China is growing at a record pace and includes a whole range of services – from searching for manufacturers of goods in demand in Russia, their delivery to setting up payment processes. The popularity of intermediaries has begun to increase as Chinese banks […]

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Featured April 1, 2024

Russia’s Pivot To Asia Interviewed By World Geostrategic Insights

Russia’s Pivot To Asia has been asked for comments by World Geostrategic Insights for what it terms “Russia’s shift to the global south.” In four detailed and highly complex questions – we provide the answers about issues concerning Russia’s identity, the prospects for a “Greater Eurasia”, Russia’s relationship with China, and the impact of sanctions […]

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April 1, 2024

Eurasian Economic Union Wants More Cooperation With Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) considers broader cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a crucial avenue of its activities, Eurasian Economic Commission Board Chairman Bakytzhan Sagintayev has said, speaking at a CIS international economic forum in Moscow. “Broader cooperation with the SCO is a key avenue for us. The EAEU and the SCO […]

March 31, 2024

Northern Sea Route To See Record Shipping Volumes During 2024

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects record volumes of traffic along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) during 2024, CEO Alexei Likhachev said during last weeks ‘Developing the Northern Sea Route: Results for 2023’, and ‘Plans up to 2035’ meetings. Likhachev also said that the volume of transportation currently significantly exceeds the figures for the […]

The Changbai Mountains on the border of China and Korea

March 31, 2024

Greater Tumen Initiative Plans Regional Eco-Tourism Development

The four countries participating in the Greater Tumen Initiative have agreed to come up with a joint collection of promising eco-tourism routes, and there are plans to issue it in 2024, the press service for the Russian Economic Development Ministry has said. Nikita Kondratyev, director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, […]

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March 29, 2024

Russia Climbs To Seventh Place In Global Billionaire Rankings

The Chinese Hurun Research Institute has released its latest Global Rich List rating, with a surprise result in that India’s Mumbai has surpassed the Chinese capital Beijing in terms of the number of billionaires living there. Mumbai is now in third place in the world rankings after New York and London. In Russia, according to […]

March 28, 2024

The Best Expat In Russia Website and Online Resources, 2024

Readers have asked us for what online resources are available for expats in Russia. That’s been a moving target as many of these have left over the past few years due to covid and then the current situation, while a lot of what were websites have moved onto social media platforms. These issues combined have […]

March 27, 2024

India & Dubai Pick Up Global Diamond Business After EU’s Russia Sanctions

Western sanctions on Russian diamonds are proving good business for Mumbai and Dubai, where European traders and cutters are now relocating too, after Brussels decided to impose sanctions on Russian sourced gems. Russia is the world’s largest supplier of raw diamonds, mostly sourced from Siberia’s Yakutia region. Neither India nor Dubai have followed the sanctions […]

March 27, 2024

Russia Becomes Brazil’s Second Largest Wheat Supplier As BRICS Grain Exchange Touted

In a nod to the BRICS grouping’s ability to increase trade and alternative supply chains, Russia exported 900,000 tonnes of wheat to Brazil in 2023, rising from fourth place to second place among Brazil’s leading suppliers, according to Russia’s Agriculture Ministry Agroexport center. Argentina is traditionally Brazil’s largest supplier of wheat, with a market share […]

March 27, 2024

The West’s Russia’s Pivot To Asia Predictions: How Did They Stack Up?

The phrase “Russia’s Pivot to Asia” has been in use for over a decade – and deployed by many to describe the reactions of Russia towards to economic sanctions imposed by the West. Those began in 2012. So, with over ten years of tracking this phenomenon, how accurate has Western media been in detailing what […]

March 26, 2024

Russia’s Oil Supplies To North Korea Increase As Sanctions Fail

The Financial Times has reported that Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions, further cementing ties between the two countries and dealing a new blow to international efforts to contain Pyongyang. At least five North Korean large oil tankers have travelled this month to collect oil products from […]