Category Archives: Russia

Russia’s Damate saw sales to Asia increase 60% in 2022 as ASEAN’s markets gain Russian export interest
24/05/2023

The companies signed at the Russia-Islamic World international economic forum in Kazan ...

Russia Establishes Accredited Agency for Certification of Halal Products
22/05/2023

Halal products accounted for approximately 10% of the Russian food market in 2022. ...

Russia: Rosaccreditation spoke about the situation with imports in Russia
17/02/2023

The Federal Accreditation Service said the number of domestic producers increased by 17-20%. ...

Russia adopts new halal standards
03/02/2023

New rules scheduled to come into force on March 1, 2023, and July 1, 2023 ...

BRICS to expand soon, Saudi Arabia keen to join BRICS represents more than 40 percent of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world’s GDP and if it is expanded it will help in bolstering the BRICS bloc’s global influence. Written by Huma Siddiqui Updated: October 27, 2022 10:34:34 am Follow Us Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) BRICS to expand soon, Saudi Arabia keen to join President Cyril Ramaphosa during a recent trip to Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Royal Court of Saudi Arabia) Amidst the growing tension between the US and Saudi Arabia over the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, the Gulf nation has conveyed its interest to join the BRICS Bloc. Last week, President Cyril Ramposa of South Africa during his visit to Riyadh announced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed the kingdom’s desire to join the BRICS. There are other countries like Turkey, Egypt among others who have expressed their interest to join the grouping, he told the media persons in that country. The issue of expansion of the bloc of emerging economies will be on the agenda of theBRICS Summit scheduled to take place in South Africa under its presidency in 2023
22/11/2022

BRICS represents more than 40 percent of the global population and nearly a quarter of ...

Russian Halal Exports Could Grow Six Times by 2030
18/11/2022

About 20 million Muslims live in Russia, which creates domestic demand for halal meat. ...

Armenia: International Center for Standardization and Certification “HALAL” to be established
24/07/2022

HALAL Center is a leading certification body in Russia and abroad operating since 2002 ...

XIII International Economic Summit ‘Russia – Islamic World: KazanSummit & World Halal Day 2022’
25/05/2022

The next ‘World Halal Day 2023’ is set to take place in Singapore. ...

Turkey attaches importance to ties with both Russia, Islamic countries: Erdogan
30/07/2021

Read out at the Conscious Consumption session held at the 12th International Kazan Summit, ...

Qatar: Hassad Food signs pacts with Russian agri, commercial entities
08/06/2021

Demetra Holding, Damate and the Qatar-Russia Investment and Trade Advisory at the St. Petersburg International ...

Russia: Steady rise in demand for Russian halal products
17/04/2021

Exports of Russian halal products have been continuously increasing, mostly to Saudi Arabia (worth US$79 ...

Malaysia: Overall food safety needs review following meat cartel scandal
01/01/2021

The Russian Trade Representative Office in Malaysia said the Federation viewed halal food issue seriously. ...

Morocco’s export association eyes Russian market with Halal products
19/11/2020

The association has set up Halal export Club Initiative tasked with identifying markets. ...

Opinion: Fundamental commonalities exist between Russia and the Muslim world
02/06/2020

With 20 million Muslims by some estimates, Russia has by far the largest Muslim population ...

TIME Hotels targets international expansion in Republic of Tatarstan
11/02/2020

Rich with culture, fine arts and over 1,000 years of history Tatarstan also has a ...

CIS: Lack of standardisation poses problems for halal industry in CIS, notes conference
05/09/2019

Private companies frequently work without accreditation certificates and several organisations issuing them are not registered ...

Russia: In sluggish Russian economy, Halal sees growth
23/07/2019

Ever more producers are catering for the domestic Muslim community, which accounts for around 15 ...

CIS countries keen to tap Malaysia’s expertise in halal products
12/07/2019

Businesses from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) which represents former Soviet Union’s countries, are ...

Tatarstan exporters asking for compensation: “Crossing the border, our halal becomes not halal”
06/05/2019

“On the shelves of our stores, we see more pastel colours, because we associate it ...

Entrepreneur development minister starts working visit to Russia’s Tatarstan
24/04/2019

He will represent the government at the 11th International Economic Summit themed “Russia — Islamic ...