The prime ministers of Russia and China signed 20 bilateral agreements covering sectors such as energy, agriculture, customs and aerospace, and signed a framework credit agreement worth up to $3 billion. Читать далее →

Russia’s Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka says his country wants South Korea to take part in the Rajin-Khasan logistics project. Читать далее →

The Joint Indo-Russia Tri-Services Exercise INDRA-2017 was successfully conducted from 19 to 29 October at Vladivostok in Russia. Читать далее →

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is currently in China after getting invited by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in part prompted by a 35 percent increase in Russia-Chinese trade volume this year. Medvedev also took the opportunity to point out that cultural exchanges between the two countries are intensifying, with 1.2 million Chinese tourists visiting Russia in 2016, and year-to-date figures in 2017 already showing a 20 percent boost on last year’s figures. As a result, Russia is now considering further easing of visa restrictions for Chinese nationals in an effort to keep the positive trend going. Читать далее →

Russian and Japanese investors have begun work on the first hot-springs spa resort in Russia to use geothermal mineral water and follow the traditional Japanese bathing style. The bathing complex, known in Japan as an “onsen,” is due to open in 2019 on Sakhalin island in the North Pacific, and will, it is hoped, attract tourists from various parts of the Asia Pacific region. Читать далее →

Russia has announced it will establish a naval base along its eastern seaboard, in the Kuril Islands. Читать далее →