Edition of 20 August 2026

5 stories filed on this issue date.

Section

Trade is rising again, and most of the US companies didn't even leave Russia.

Europe Amputated its Russian Trade — And the US Stepped in.

Brussels cut off one of Europe’s largest trading relationships after 2022. Russia found new customers, while the United States — from a far smaller base — continues Russian import.

By EuroAsia.News · 20 August 2026 · 17:20 · 2 min read

Economy
Trade

Tinkoff bank launched back in 2009 as the first branchless bank.

Finance

Beyond Revolut: How Eurasia Is Reshaping Digital Banking

Revolut became the symbol of Europe's fintech revolution. But branchless digital banking was already being built in Eurasia years earlier — and today's regional leaders are taking the model beyond banking into payments, commerce, investment and super-app ecosystems.

By EuroAsia.News · 20 August 2026 · 14:19 · 3 min read

Finance
Banking
SuperApps

Kazakhstan to upgrade Middle Corridor rail line.

EuroAsia

Kazakhstan and Europe Put $462 Million Behind the Middle Corridor

Four agreements spanning roads, Black Sea logistics, container shipping and airport digitalisation show how the Trans-Caspian route is evolving into a broader Eurasian transport system.

By EuroAsia.News · 20 August 2026 · 13:39 · 2 min read

Middle Corridor
Eurasia
Transport

Crypto

Can Europe Build a Euro Stablecoin Economy?

MiCA has given Europe a common rulebook, but the market is no longer just a contest of regulation. Circle leads on liquidity, while European issuers are differentiating through bank connectivity, institutional settlement, payments and programmable treasury.

By EuroAsia.News Crypto · 20 August 2026 · 12:51 · 4 min read

Finance
Crypto
Economy
EU

New Era for Russian Biomedicine, from Covid to cancer treatment.

Science

Russia's Biotech Renaissance

Breakthroughs in Cancer Therapy and Brain Repair

By EuroAsia.News · 20 August 2026 · 00:23 · 4 min read

Health
Brain
Cancer