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  December 22, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russian President Putin’s Annual Q&A : Key Takeaways For Investors, Part 2

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  “I have friends, I have colleagues, who are offended, because they have no sanctions imposed on them. They say, “How come? It’s humiliating. It makes me think that I might have done not enough to have sanctions put on me.” Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual live Q&A session last[…..]
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  December 18, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russian President Putin’s Annual Q&A: Key Takeaways For Investors, Part 1

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  President Putin discusses the Russian economy, wages, commodity prices, eco waste management and online education.   
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  December 18, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  New Arctic Road Connects East & West Yamal In Asian Russia

  A new road connecting Salekhard and Nadym in in the Yamal Russian Arctic has opened for traffic, and provides new opportunities for economic development of the region’s western districts, Yamal’s Governor Dmitri Artyukhov said at the opening ceremony held this week.
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  December 16, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia Wants Free Trade Expansion Of Eurasian Economic Union

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  EAEU Free Trade Agreement negotiations with China and India to start early 2021  Potential EAEU expansion to include Indonesia & Mongolia  Desire to link EAEU with China’s Belt & Road Initiative 
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  December 15, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  British Investment Into Moscow Increased 40% In 2020

  British companies imported US$10.5 billion from Moscow in first nine months of 2020 Chemical products, mechanical equipment and machinery, and I.T. are popular exports to Britain.   Offset Agreements prove attractive for British businesses in Russia  
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  December 14, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Uzbekistan and Cuba Become Observer States Of The Eurasian Economic Union

  The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) agreed to give Uzbekistan and Cuba observer status on Friday last week (December 11). Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia are full members of the EAEU, while Moldova also has observer status.
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  December 11, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  A Record Number Of Ships Used The Arctic Northern Sea Passage In 2020

  A record number of vessels have in 2020 sailed through Russia’s Northern Sea Passage this year, according to reports from Reuters. Norway’s Center for High North Logistics (CHNL) logistics foundation has recorded 62 full transit voyages through the Northern Sea Route as of Wednesday this week (December 9). That is against 37 transits in 2019.
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  December 10, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia And Iran Preparing For SWIFT Banking Network Cutoff

  Iran, which is facing increasing US sanctions and is expecting its banks to be cut off from the global SWIFT banking network next week, is calling on Russia to create a substitute for the SWIFT international banking-payment system for the member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Tehran’s initiative comes amid fears that the Biden administration[…..]
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  December 10, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia, Netherlands Disagree Over Double Tax Treaty Changes

  Having concluded successful renegotiations with Cyprus, Malta and Luxembourg over Double Tax Treaty agreements, Russia is finding the Netherlands a harder nut to crack in amending the terms. The result may be a suspension of the DTA altogether. Russia has been amending these treaties to clamp down on what Moscow sees as overly friendly tax[…..]
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  December 8, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Moscow, Beijing Sign Cooperation Agreement

  Moscow-Beijing annual trade worth US$20 billion Cities connected via Trans-Siberian railway Agreement to develop city infrastructures, health programs and expand trade