Russia’s trade with Global South, East countries accounts for about 79% — Deputy PM

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Jun 04, 2026 · 64 words

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What to know about Russia’s trade with Global South, East countries accounts for about 79% — Deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the Russian economy has shifted its focus toward the Global South and the East. He claimed that up to 79% of Russia's current trade is conducted with these nations.

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What happened

The Russian economy has refocused to countries of the Global South and the East, Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said at the St.

Why it matters

Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Common ground

"Our economy at present indeed refocused to countries of the East, countries of the Global South.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Russian economy has refocused to countries of the Global South and the East”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the Russian language, geography, and general economic terms (emerging markets, neocolonialism). None of the provided sources confirm a specific shift or refocusing of the Russian economy toward the Global South and the East.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An emerging market (EM, also an emerging country or an emerging economy) is a market that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not fully meet its standards. This includes markets t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging_market

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Neocolonialism is the control by a state (usually, a former colonial power) over another nominally independent state (usually, a former colony) through indirect means. The term neocolonialism was firs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocolonialism

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Third-worldism is a political concept and ideology that emerged in the late 1940s or early 1950s during the Cold War and tried to generate unity among the countries that did not want to take sides bet…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-worldism

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Claim 2: “Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)”

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The claim is supported by a web search result stating that Deputy PM Alexey Overchuk spoke in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Additionally, Wikipedia confirms Alexey Overchuk's role as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The APEC Peru 2024 was the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum of its leaders that was held from 15 to 16 November 2024. It was the third time Peru has hosted the summit, hav…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The APEC South Korea 2025 (officially stylized as APEC 2025 Korea) was a year-long hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, which concluded with the APEC Economic Leaders' Mee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APEC_South_Korea_2025

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexey Logvinovich Overchuk (born 9 December 1964) is a Russian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Eurasian integration, cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Overchuk

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Claim 3: “We have up to 79% of trade carried at present with these nations”

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The provided evidence includes general information about the Russian economy, an earthquake in Kamchatka, and demographics of Generation Alpha. There is no mention of the specific figure '79% of trade' being conducted with nations of the East and Global South in any of the provided sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 30 July 2025, at 11:24:52 PETT (29 July, 23:24:52 UTC), a Mw 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, 119 km (74 mi) east-southeast…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Kamchatka_earthquake

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generation Alpha is a social cohort generally identified by researchers and popular media as being born between the early 2010s and mid 2020s. The birth years of Generation Alpha have seen a decline i…
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