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Argentina Joins the Visa-free Regime with Russia [13 Mar 2009]  
Argentina has become the sixth country from Latin America to remove visa requirements for Russian citizens to travel to their country. Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana signed the draft in the p  ...More
Tags: argentina     latin america     russia    
Russia Proposes Grain Triangular Union with Ukraine and Kazakhstan [08 Jun 2009]  
At the recently concluded World Grain Forum, Russia showcased a model which is expected to help the grain producers of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to counter price volatility of the world grain mar  ...More
Tags: Russia     Ukraine     world grain forum    
Russia to Lead Gas Exporters – Reinforces its Position [10 Dec 2009]  
Leonid Bokhanovsky, a board member and the first vice president of the leading engineering-construction company Stroitransgaz of Russia has been chosen as the General Secretary of the Gas Exporting Co  ...More
Tags: Russia    GECF    gas exports    Iran    India    
Russia to be Less Reliant on Food Imports [08 Feb 2010]  
According to RIA Novosti, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev has approved a plan to boost domestic food production and reduce the country's dependence on imports. Russia plans to enhance its foo  ...More
Tags: Russia    food imports    grain export    India    China    
Developing Nations Follow Rich - Pile up Arms with New Lucre [17 Mar 2010]  
According to a new study, the emerging economies of Latin America as well as South Asia are amassing arms to improve their defence status with their new earnings delivered by globalization. In the pas  ...More
Tags: Latin America    SIPRI    Germany    France    Russia    
Russia to Source Poultry and Meat from India [30 Mar 2010]  
Russia will look at India apart from Turkey and Thailand to satisfy its poultry demand to tide over the shortage created by lack of supplies from the US and Brazil. The poultry imports from the US and  ...More
Tags: Russia    poultry    India    US    Brazil    meat    BRIC    
NZ Reveals Game Plan on FTAs and Bilateral Trade Pacts [02 Jun 2010]  
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's address while laying the groundwork for the FTA talks with Russia has unveiled a strategy that his country would possibly be effecting the early mover advantage  ...More
Tags: WTO     FTA     Trade     Commerce     Russia    
China Okays Iran Sanctions – Yet Holds Trade with Impunity [10 Aug 2010]  
The recent sanctions against Iran hammered out by the US and like-minded countries targeting energy and banking sectors have become more blatantly farcical when China resumed oil trade with Iran even  ...More
Tags: China     Iran     Russia     Oil     Trade     Sactions     Energy    
Russia Takes Lenient Approach on Timber Exports [01 Oct 2010]  
The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday told a roundtable forum that the country should discard the obsolete raw-materials export model to maintain growth of timber industry. He also said  ...More
Tags: Russia     Global Markets     Investments    
Factoring in Khodorkovsky Effect – Making of Idiots out of Citizens [07 Jan 2011]  
Already there are volumes of print, online and audio-visual versions released about the Russian oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s incarceration and trial - but the fact of the matter is the ‘democratic  ...More
Tags: Khodorkovsky    WTO    US    Russia    China    
Russia backed Customs Union eyes the EU [02 Dec 2013]  
Looks like the current trade behemoths, the European Union and United States are getting an evenly matched adversary soon. The free trade zone, backed by Russia is expanding its borders, bringing toge  ...More
Tags: Russia backed Customs Union