OREANDA-NEWS  Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, speaking at an expanded meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Dushanbe, announced a significant increase in trade turnover between the Russian Federation and the organization's countries, RIA Novosti reports.

According to him, in 2025 this figure exceeded 30 trillion rubles, and in the first half of 2026 it showed a further increase of 18 percent.

The head of the Russian cabinet also focused on structural changes in financial calculations. He noted that currently most payments are made in national currencies, whereas five years ago only about half of transactions took place in this format.

Mishustin stressed that the current economic dynamics indicates a reliable margin of safety, which allows not only to expand foreign economic activity, but also to launch new mutually beneficial projects in all sectors.

In turn, SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev, who also participated in the meeting, announced the aggregated indicators for the entire organization. He said that the total mutual trade turnover between all the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization by the end of 2025 had exceeded the $700 billion mark.

Before Mishustin's visit to Dushanbe for the SCO meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the Prime Minister on October 19, at which issues related to the economy were discussed.