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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's foreign trade has been almost totally reoriented towards the East, mainly towards China. Moreover, in many respects Russia's trade with China has already surpassed the peak levels of trade with the EU in previous years. As the acting head of the Federal Customs Service...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The harvest season in Russia is almost completed. As of the beginning of November, ICAR reports that approximately 142 million tonnes of cereal crops have been threshed, which is 9 million tonnes less than the previous year's record. The wheat harvest is predicted to yield about...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Amid the energy crisis, France is keen to maintain its nuclear energy capability and requires imported uranium. This is because of the situation with imports from Niger will could be terminated, analyts confirm that Kazakhstan provide an increase the supply.
In early November, K...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia and Iran are prepared for mutually beneficial cooperation with all countries, particularly our neighbours. Central Asia is experiencing rapid development.  It is time for Europe to awaken to the current circumstances.

These are the key themes of the XVI Verona Eurasian E...

By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia will maintain a voluntary reduction in the supply of oil and petroleum products to global markets by 300 thousand barrels per day until the year-end. Alexander Novak, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, informed reporters on November 5th.

"A market analysis will be conduct...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Trade turnover between Russia and China in January-October increased by 27.7% year-on-year to reach $196.48 billion. The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (PRC) reported this on November 7.

As per published data, exports from China to Russia gr...