Mongolia Looks to Fuel Russia and China by Rail
June 1st, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, an article on critical rail routes that Mongolia is aiming to finish by end of 2022: After a tumultuous and contested decade of politicking around the potential security implications of expanding its freight logistics to China, Mongolia is expected to complete three critical rail lines by the end of this year. These […]
Read more »A New Russian Gas Pipeline Is a Bad Idea for Mongolia
May 11th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the Soyuz-Vostok pipeline, part of the larger Power of Siberia 2 project, which could make Mongolia even more vulnerable to pressure from its autocratic neighbors: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spent his middle childhood years in the Mongolian mining town of Erdenet, as the son of a Soviet specialist with […]
Read more »Mongolia Highlights ‘New Recovery Policy’ at Economic Forum
April 14th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on Mongolia’s new economy recovery plan: On April 7 and 8, Mongolia held its Economic Forum, which has been canceled for the past two years due to COVID-19. One key takeaway from the forum is the partial privatization of some state-owned enterprises to attract foreign direct investment in various sectors. […]
Read more »Gazprom Sign Off Mongolian SPV To Study Gas Supplies To China
January 25th, 2021
Via Russia Briefing, an interesting report on Gazprom’s recent actions to study the potential of gas supply from Mongolia: Gazprom has registered a ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’ (SPV) company in Mongolia to deal with design and survey and the feasibility study for the project of building a main gas pipeline across Mongolia for gas deliveries to […]
Read more »The Prospects for the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
July 23rd, 2020
Via The Jamestown Foundation, a report on the prospects for a China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor: Mongolia is a landlocked country with a population of roughly 3.3 million people, bordering on only two nations, China and Russia. The country’s primary exports are largely minerals and raw materials, making trade with countries other than its immediate neighbors difficult. […]
Read more »Mongolia’s Energy Alliance with Russia and China
July 3rd, 2020
Via The Diplomat, a look at the Power of Siberia 2 project involvingRussia, Mongolia, and China: Mongolia, geopolitically and physically land-locked between two regional powers — Russia and China — is paving the way to secure an energy alliance. In March 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee […]
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