WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2026 - William Aaron Turner, founder and president of Infinitum Corporation, has published "Eastern Economic Forum 2026: Is Russia Isolated?", a data review of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), held in September 2026 at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. The article is Part 3 of his research series The Ukraine Files.

Figures reviewed in the article

- Attendance: more than 5,000 representatives from 80 countries, up from 75 countries the previous year.
- Agreements: organizers reported 358 agreements worth 6.058 trillion rubles at the 2025 forum, with about 380 agreements worth 6.5 trillion rubles expected in 2026.
- Trade with Asia: China-Russia trade of $228.1 billion in 2025; India-Russia goods trade of nearly $60 billion in 2025-26; and ASEAN-Russia merchandise trade of $17.8 billion in 2025.
- Payments and energy: the share of trade settled in rubles and yuan, Power of Siberia pipeline volumes, and the yuan's share of Moscow Exchange trading.

Both sides of the record

The article sets statements from U.S. officials and findings from the Institute of International Finance and Chatham House beside the costs to Russia that the same research identifies, including Chatham House's estimate of a cumulative dollar GDP loss well above $1.6 trillion. The author's conclusions are labeled as his own reading of the data, and the full reference list, including Chatham House, the IIF, Bloomberg, Reuters and Nikkei Asia, is published with the article.

"The forum is a useful data point for anyone tracking trade flows in Asia. I set out the figures and the sources so readers can weigh them for themselves." said William Aaron Turner, Founder & President, Infinitum Corporation.

Read the original: https://ukrainianfiles.blogspot.com/2026/10/eastern-economic-forum-2026-vladivostok.html

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