Russia–Africa Forum Participants Address International Cooperation

In anticipation of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, Andrey Slepnev, General Director of REC, gave his perspective on comprehensive economic cooperation between Russia and African countries.

India is a guest country of EEF 2019, and prime minister Narendra Modi is coming to Vladivostok. In only six years, Russia and India’ s mutual investment will have exceeded $30 billion, primarily due to cooperation in military industry and nuclear energy, where our two countries have successfully engaged in numerous shared projects.

Deloitte CIS Research Centre has presented an analytical report which offers an overview of the global and Russian steel and iron ore markets, as well as a snapshot of the current state of the Russian steelmaking industry based on the sentiments of its participants.

The article discusses key issues related to the development of the Caspian region. The main direction of international cooperation in the development of this territory is the intensification of trading activities, which in turn will allow all countries in the region to increase their economic potential. Already today, the Caspian region attracts the attention of investors and in order to further strengthen trade activities, it is necessary to overcome the obstacles that today have a negative impact on the development of cooperation in the Caspian space. Within the framework of a large Eurasian region, the Caspian basin plays a significant role and, in case of successful development of infrastructure in this region, can bring economic benefits to all participants in trading activities.