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  May 15, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  China’s US$60 Billion Tariffs On United States Products A Good Opportunity For Russia To Push The US Out Of Asia

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The new range of tariffs introduced by China on the importation of over 5,000 American products into the country can be good news for Russian businesses looking to step into the supply chain gap now created by this new twist in the US-China trade war. China has increased to 20 and[…..]
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  May 8, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Dezan Shira Directors Visiting St.Petersburg International Economic Forum: Aiming To Introduce Russian Businesses To Asia

  Dezan Shira & Associates are sending two high profile directors to the annual St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, which takes place from 6th to 8th June this year. It is Russia’s largest economic and commercial event and attracts thousands of international businesses and national leaders from around the world. Russian President Putin provides the opening speech,[…..]
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  May 7, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia & China Keep Up Their Gold Buying In Q1 2019

  Moves to de-dollarize economies being accelerated Russia’s Central Bank purchased another 55.3 tonnes of gold in the first quarter of 2019, bring their total reserves in the metal to 2,163.8 tonnes, and 17% of total reserves. China followed suit, buying 33 tonnes over the same period. Russia bought 274.3t last year — the fourth consecutive[…..]
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  May 6, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Krasnoyarsk Region Upgrades Infrastructure To Become Central Russian Belt & Road East-West Hub

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Central Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Province is being reorganized under Central, rather than Regional Government funding as the area takes on special significance as part of China’s Belt & Road Initiative. Krasnoyarsk is impacted by Belt & Road as well as a vital Russian internal distribution axis via both land, ocean and sea[…..]
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  May 2, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Moscow Overtakes Beijing In Global Start-Up & Eco-System Rankings

  Moscow has moved up to tenth place in the Global Start-Up Rankings according to StartUp Blink, who monitor the rankings of new start up environments by measuring the number and quality of startups, infrastructure, business climate and public acceptance of innovations. Bangalore in India ranked 11th, with Beijing in 17th place. Other Asian cities that[…..]
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  April 30, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia, China, Launch ‘China-Russia Regional RMB Fund’ For Far East Russia & North-East China Projects

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis New fund will cover Russian-Chinese Belt & Road Projects Russia and China have agreed to launch a Chinese Yuan dominated fund under the existing “Russia Direct Investment Fund” (RDIF) to cater for jointly financed projects in Siberia, the Russian Far East and North-East China. The RDIF Chinese Yuan denominated fund has been jointly invested in[…..]
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  April 26, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  First Russia-China Bridge Across The Amur River Border Is Completed

  The construction of its first rail bridge from Russia to China, connecting the two countries across the Amur River has just been completed. Construction of the 2,200-meter bridge between Nizhneleninskoye in Russia and Tongjiang city in China began in 2014, underlining Russia’s move to develop ties with China. The two sides jointly worked on the[…..]
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  April 25, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia – North Korea Trade Development To Increase As Kim Visits Russia – But Not Enough To Avoid The Need For A US Nuclear Deal.

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has made his first trip to Russia, and is in the Far Eastern Port city of Vladivostok at a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. North Korea shares a border with Russia, which along with China has lomg maintained the integrity of the North Korean[…..]
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  April 25, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia To Host Cryptocurrency Trials In Four Regions

  Sources from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade have apparently stated that financial experts will start testing blockchain and cryptocurrencies in Kaliningrad Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Perm Krai and Moscow. The authorities aim to create regulatory sandboxes in the above regions to test innovative technologies that are currently out of scope of the existing[…..]
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  April 11, 2019 by Russia Briefing
  

  Serbia & Singapore Poised To Sign Free Trade Deals With Eurasian Economic Union

  The final procedures for the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to ratify a free trade agreement with Serbia is due to be signed in October 2019, member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Veronika Nikishina said at the international conference “From Idea to Reality: 25th Anniversary of Nursultan Nazarbayev’s Eurasian Initiative.” currently being held[…..]