Rosneft has agreed to invest $14bn in the Venezuelan oil and gas sector, the country’s President Nicolas…
Topic: Latin America
Trade and business between Mercosur, Brazil and other Latin American countries and Russia. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Belarusneft to develop oil fields in Ecuador
Belarus’s state-run oil company Belarusneft has signed an agreement that will see it investing over $500m in…
Mercosur and Eurasian Economic Union work towards cooperation
Mercosur and Eurasian Economic Union: Latin America’s Mercosur and the EEU are getting ready to embark on…
Brazilian poultry exports to Russia up 19% year on year
Brazilian poultry exports to Russia increased from 8,000 tonnes in August to 20,000 tonnes in September, according…
Brazilian dairy exporters get Russian green light
Brazilian dairy exporters: Three Brazilian companies have obtained permission to export dairy products to Russia. Some 37 Brazilian…
Gazprom in Brazilian talks as it stakes out South America
Gazprom in Brazilian talks: Gazprom’s international subsidiary is looking to buy stakes in a number of…
Peruvian exporters look to capitalise on EU import ban
Peruvian exporters: Russia’s ban on imports of goods from the EU and US could open up a $1bn…
Chilean fish imports set to help fill sanctions gap
Chilean fish imports: The Russian food health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor is planning to extend import accreditation to 14 more…
Brazilian chicken imports may replace banned US poultry
Brazilian chicken imports: The Brazilian Poultry Association has offered to increase exports of chickens to Russia from…
New Russian trade missions launched to help exports
New Russian trade missions: The Russian Chamber of Commerce is to spearhead the launch of a…
Russia moves up Global Innovation Index 2014
The Global Innovation Index 2014 sees Russia move up from 62nd to 49th place. China attained…
EEU and Mercosur plan to strengthen ties next year
EEU and Mercosur: The Eurasian Economic Union plans to sign a cooperation agreement with the Latin…
BRICS energy association on summit agenda
BRICS energy association: Russia has announced its intention to propose the formation of a BRICS energy…
Russia in Cuban transport hub initiative
Cuban transport hub: Russia, Cuba and possibly some other countries are planning to co-finance the creation of a…
BRICS bank working capital set at $10bn
BRICS bank working capital: The working capital of the new BRICS bank is to be set at $10bn to…
Mercosur and EEU look to establish ties
Mercosur and EEU: The South American trading block Mercosur that represents Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia has…
BRIC investment destination for Russian investors
BRIC investment destination: 73% of Russian companies surveyed in a new report from Ernst & Young told its researchers that…
Rosatom Brazilian subsidiary to open by end of year
Rosatom Brazilian subsidiary: Rosatom is planning to open a Brazilian subsidiary by the end of the…
Ministers discuss Chile and Customs Union FTA
Chile and Customs Union FTA: Following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week,…