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By Rhod Mackenzie

It has been proposed that twenty-four ships be constructed at Goa Shipyard Ltd, an Indian state-owned shipyard. The ships are intended to operate as part of the " North-South International Transportation Corridor" which goes from Russia to Iran via the Caspian Sea then across tha...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian energy company Gazprom has agreed with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and PipeChina to design and construct a pipeline section located in the Far East. The new pipeline will be used to supply Russian gas to China.

Constructing a pipeline tends to be a prolonge...

By Yaroslav Lissovolik

Since its inception in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has transformed ideas into actions, from a vision into reality, and from a general framework into concrete projects. Evaluating the BRI’s accomplishments over the last decade raises questions. How has the BRI ad...

By Suren Karr

Malaysia should consider joining the proposed BRICs currency union rather than resort to the proposed Islamic gold dinar as a reserve currency for international trade, says an economist. Ida Yasin of Universiti Putra Malaysia said the proposed BRICS currency would also be backed by g...

By Ren Qi

China and Russia are working closely under the Belt and Road Initiative, and the growing markets in energy sector and e-commerce industry have attracted more enterprises to explore business opportunities, Russian experts said.

Oleg Timofeev, associate professor at RUDN University in Ru...

By Andrey Sushentsov

The foundation of the Russian-Indian partnership is mutual respect for the uniqueness of the civilizations of the two countries. We recognise the unique nature of the civilizational choice of our peoples and recognise the value of the special path that our countries have chos...