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Indian companies have tripled purchases through the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange: by the end of 2025, the amount of transactions reached almost $5 million. Materials for light industry have become the driver, and in 2026, the parties are discussing expanding the range, including food products. For foreign economic activity, this is an enhancement of the "exchange" channel with a more transparent price and documents.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing a new update of the list of parallel imports and plans to reduce it. The agency speaks about maintaining the trend towards reducing the number of brands and emphasizes that the quality of the study is more important than the speed of adoption. For importers, this is a signal to calculate the risks in advance in terms of assortment and supply channels.

The megamarket has launched a "Quick purchase": now you can place an order directly from the issue without going to the product card. According to the company, 26% of users have bought from the listing before, and the new scenario reduces the path to registration from four steps to two. This increases the competition for speed and increases the requirements for logistics.

The Central Bank lowered the key rate to 15.5% and admitted that further decisions may be more abrupt or with pauses. For foreign economic activity, this directly affects the cost of working capital, inventory policy, and settlement terms for import contracts, especially with a long logistics cycle.

The State Duma has passed a law that for the first time describes in detail the procedure for the arrest and seizure of cryptocurrencies in criminal cases. The digital currency was secured as property, and the investigation was allowed to act in two ways — to withdraw media (including "cold wallets") or transfer assets to a controlled address. The norm is important for practice: it reduces the chances that crypto assets will be withdrawn before a court decision, but at the same time raises the b

FESCO has launched a container service between Cambodia and Russia. The average Phnom Penh–Vladivostok transit is stated to take 12 days, and the first intermodal delivery to the recipient in Moscow took 32 days. The route goes through Ho Chi Minh City with transshipment at the hub and onward shipment from the VMTP across Russia by container trains.

Russia has established a National Committee for Business Cooperation within the framework of BRICS. It will be headed by Maxim Oreshkin, the composition must be approved within two months. The Committee aims to link businesses and government agencies and prepare proposals on areas of work within the BRICS Business Council, which may affect foreign economic activity procedures and logistics chains.

Tatarstan plans to fully launch its logistics complex in 2026. Deng Xiaoping is a container transportation site between Russia and China. The project fits into the region's strategy: strengthening multimodality, developing inland waterways and turning the Sviyazhsky junction into a hub where the railway, autologistics and the river-sea route converge. For foreign economic activity, this means new opportunities in terms of speed, cost and sustainability of supply chains.

From March 1, 2026, the legal framework for the GosLog platform, a single digital window in transport logistics, will begin to operate in Russia. The platform should integrate industry services, accelerate the issuance of permits and accompanying documents, and provide digital control of transportation throughout the chain.

China began to crack down more harshly on the scheme by which new cars were exported as used: a large batch of cars for Russian buyers was detained at the border in Suifenhe. It is based on the "180 days" rule and increased control over the export of "zero used goods". For the market, this means increased risks of gray imports, longer deadlines, and a gradual shift to more transparent supply chains.