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By Rhod Mackenzie

At the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries, the national coordinators were instructed to speed up the preparation of concrete proposals to improve the association's activities in line with modern realities. This is...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's gold reserves stood at 2,332 tonnes at the end of last year - an all time record level, which according to the World Gold Council. Russia continues to rank fifth in the world in gold reserves. This trend is explained by the country's abandonment of toxic reserve currenci...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russian companies exported 3.27 billion cubic metres of gas to China in July 2023, which was a record figure in the entire history of trade between the two countries, according to data from the Chinese Customs Bureau.

This is the total volume of both pipeline and liquefied supp...

By Rhod Mackenzie

This year Russia will continue to redirect oil supplies to the Asia-Pacific region (APR), including China and India, said the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at the plenary session of the TNF Industrial and Energy Forum on 20 September.
According to him, last year Russia p...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Gold mined in Russia, against the backdrop of a ban on imports into G7 and EU countries, has found new supply channels and is now being shipped to the UAE, Hong Kong and Turkey by dozens of small logistics companies and traders previously unknown to the industry at large
The san...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Trade turnover between Russia and China in January-August this year increased by 25%, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia reported in its telegram channel following the results of the 15th meeting of the Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation of the Russian-Chinese Commissio...