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    Kazakhstan Begins Chairmanship Of The Commonwealth Of Independent States

    Intra-Regional Trade Increased 28.3% In 2021 With Free Trade Services Agreement in the Pipeline for 2022 Kazakhstan is the new Chair of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from January 1 2022, having taken over this year from Belarus, which led the organization during its 30th anniversary. The CIS has established itself as a full-fledged[…..]

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    Russia Signs Trade Agreement With Eastern Ukraine

    Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a recent decree to provide easier trade access to and from Russia for Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.  In the agreement, Russia will lift restrictions on imports and exports of goods between Russia and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions currently held by Russian separatists. The Kremlin justified the[…..]

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    Russia-Tajikistan Bilateral Trade Reached US$1.13 billion In 2021

    Yevgeny Korenkov, head of Russia’s trade mission in Tajikistan has stated that bilateral trade between Russia and Tajikistan in 2021 reached US$1.13 billion, an increase of 25%. “According to the results of 2020-2021, sixty-seven Russian regions have trade relations with Tajikistan,” he said, adding that 12 of these regions account for 80% of the trade[…..]

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    Vladimir Putin’s 2021 Annual Media Q&A

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Russian President’s annual news media Q&A was broadcast live by Rossiya 1, Channel One, NTV and Rossiya 24 television channels, as well as Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. We provide the ​English translation and concentrate on the issues impacting the Russian economy, trade, investment, infrastructure development, and foreign relations. It provides a unique, ​high-level[…..]

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    Russia, Egypt Explore Closer Trade And Economic Ties

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Vladimir Putin, spoke on December 25, and have agreed on intensifying joint efforts and coordination between Egypt and Russia to settle the Libyan crisis.

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    Alaska Must Be Returned To Russia – Political Scientist

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Distance between Alaska & Russia is just 55km The agreement between Russia and the United States on Alaska must be declared invalid, Russian political scientist Yuri Gorodnenko has stated, due to Washington repeatedly violating the provisions of the Convention on the Assignment of Alaska.

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    All Expats In Russia To Undergo Mandatory Quarterly Medical Examinations From January 2022

    Russia is introducing draconian medical examination laws from December 29 this year that will require all foreigners working in Russia to undergo quarterly comprehensive health examinations, including tests for sexually transmitted diseases, under a controversial law designed to improve health safety in the country.

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    Russia-Singapore Trade Ties To Boom In Wake Of Free Trade Agreement

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Singapore is Russia-business friendly with ease of bank account opening a major draw for Asian regional exports, trade and investment A virtual meeting between Singapore’s Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko was held on Friday, (December 17) as part of the Russia-Singapore Inter-Governmental Commission.

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    Putin, Xi Discuss Eurasian Regional Tensions Over Taiwan And Ukraine, Provide ‘Mutual Allied Support’

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a second recent virtual summit yesterday (Wednesday, December 15) amongst rising international concerns about tensions concerning Taiwan and, on Russia-Ukraine border.

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    SPFS – Russia’s Alternative To SWIFT

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Size Of The Ukrainian Economy Is Only Slightly Smaller Than The EU’s Trade With Russia With increasing talk in the United States and European Union about cutting off Russia from the global SWIFT network in what is seen as a military buildup threatening Ukraine, the question then turns to the alternative[…..]

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