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Eastern Economic Forum Closes with Nearly 7 Trillion Rubles in Deals — But the Bigger Story Is How Much the Far East Has Already Changed

The 2026 Eastern Economic Forum ended in Vladivostok with hundreds of agreements, new transport and industrial projects and another expansion of Russia's economic relationship with Asia. Yet behind the headline contracts is a broader transformation: after more than a decade of preferential investment regimes, subsidised housing and even free land, the Russian Far East is beginning to look very different from the region that entered the first EEF in 2015.

By EuroAsia.News · 4 September 2026 · 19:42 · 4 min read

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The Russian Far East - A Continent Within a Country

The Russian Far East is a continent-sized world. Administratively it is the Far Eastern Federal District, comprising 11 territories from Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai to Yakutia, Chukotka, Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Primorye. Together they cover 6.95 million square kilometers—40.6% of Russia. That is about 71% of the entire United States, and more than one and a half times the European Union.

By EuroAsia.News · 3 September 2026 · 08:30 · 3 min read

Vladivostok 2026: Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum Opens With Asia at the Centre

The 11th Eastern Economic Forum opens in Vladivostok on 1 September with representatives from more than 70 countries expected, major delegations from across Asia and a growing pipeline of investment projects. After three successive years of record deal-making, Moscow is presenting the Russian Far East not as a remote frontier but as one of the principal gateways connecting Russia with China, India, Southeast Asia and the Arctic.

By EuroAsia.News · 31 August 2026 · 14:40 · 3 min read

• Eastern Economic Forum
• EEF 2026
• Vladivostok
• Russia
• Russian Far East
• investment
• China
• India
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• Prabowo Subianto
• Vladimir Putin
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