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  November 26, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russian-Azerbaijan Bilateral Trade Up 25% This Year

  The Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov has been meeting with the Denis Manturov, the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade in Moscow. During the meeting, the sides revealed that the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia increased by more than 25 percent and amounted to US$2.2 billion from January through September 2019
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  November 20, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Developing Global Free Trade: The Eurasian Economic Union & The Southern African Customs Union

  Part 5 of a 5 Part BRICS Free Trade Series  Opportunities for Russian Investors & Manufacturers In Southern Africa, and SACU Businesses In Eurasia    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russia’s President Putin  and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa have just returned from Brazil and the annual meeting of BRICS nations this time held in Brasilia. With the[…..]
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  November 19, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  IKEA To Open Thousands Of Pick Up Points Across Russia

  The Swedish retailer IKEA is going to open several thousand pickup points in Russia over the next couple of years, the head of IKEA’s Customer Order Support Norbert Stepnowski told media yesterday. “We intend to develop a network of pickup points and we want to go in to thousands in medium term. We have a[…..]
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  November 18, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Developing Global Free Trade: Linking The Eurasian Economic Union With Brazil & Mercosur

  (Part 1 of our 5 Part BRICS/EAEU Free Trade Series) How Mercosur Companies Could Access Eurasian, Russian & Chinese Markets Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russia’s President Putin has just returned from Brazil and the annual meeting of BRICS nations this time held in Brasilia. With the Presidents and Prime Ministers from China, India and South[…..]
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  November 18, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia’s Trade With BRICS Nations Over US$125 Billion

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at last weeks BRICS summit in Brasilia, said that Russia’s overall trade volume with the BRICS group was ”in excess of US$125 billion” and grew by 22.4% last year. He also said that Russia is ready to share its experience in digital technologies. “There are good chances for boosting our[…..]
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  November 15, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Moscow To Be Eurasian HQ For BRICS New Development Bank

  The BRICS nations, currently attending the Annual BRICS Summit in Brasilia, have have concluded an agreement on opening the blocs New Development Bank Eurasian Regional Center in Moscow. The deal was signed off by the NDB President Kundapur Vaman Kamath and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Storchak, according to Sputnik The office is expected to open[…..]
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  November 13, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Iran Commences Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade With Russia & Kazakhstan

  Iran has begun its new era of Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade, and has signed off an initial agreement with Russia and Kazakhstan to broaden cooperation with those countries within the framework of a recently signed agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
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  November 11, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia’s Developing Free Trade And Special Economic Zones In Africa & Asia

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Moscow Seeking Trade Alliances In Emerging Economies Russia has been quietly developing access to new emerging markets in Africa and Asia, and while Russia is a far smaller player than China in terms of influencing global trade flows – with the exception of energy resources – like China, it has a need for[…..]
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  November 8, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia-Hungary Bilateral Trade Growing At 30% Per Annum

  Strategic Alliances Away From EU & Sanctions Influences Fuel Trade Growth Russian-Hungarian trade turnover increased by 30% in 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday. “Last year, we registered a significant increase in trade turnover, which was almost 30%. This, according to our statistics, is about[…..]
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  November 7, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Sakhalin To Khabarovsk & Hokkaido Bridge Connections Announced

  Plans To Connect Sakhalin Island To Selikin City in Khabarovsk,  as well as possibly to Hokkaido have been announced by Valery Limarenko, the Governor of Russia’s Sakhalin Region.