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Bangkok GRAD Business Club held its April monthly meeting on 29 April 2026 at Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok, with the programme running from 18:30 to 21:00. The featured business presentation was delivered by Yuri Marinich of CDEK Bangkok and focused on Building Logistics Bridges between Thailand, Russia and the EAEU.
The presentation introduced CDEK Bangkok's role as a logistics bridge between Thailand, Russia and the EAEU. Yuri Marinich outlined how companies working across these markets can approach business logistics, e-commerce delivery, customs workflows, fulfillment and route planning without treating logistics as a separate operational afterthought.
Participants were introduced to CDEK as an international logistics company founded in Russia in 2000, with operations in more than 40 countries, more than 350,000 shipments per day, more than 5,000 couriers and more than 200,000 directions. The Bangkok operation has been active since January 2023 and was presented as having grown eightfold, with two offices in Bangkok, its own warehouse and fulfillment capability, and a local team.
The service model covered full-cycle logistics for several use cases: B2B commercial cargo, B2C e-commerce delivery and C2C private shipments. The report highlighted one-solution, one-contract and one-team coordination for export from Thailand, supplies to Russia and the EAEU, samples, commercial batches, marketplace fulfillment and turnkey customs clearance.
The practical logistics section covered air delivery for fast regular shipments, sea delivery through LCL and FCL formats for consolidated and container cargo, and re-export or transit through Thailand. Route selection was presented as a business decision based on timing, cargo type, destination and operational requirements.
A key direction in the presentation was Thailand to Russia and the EAEU. The meeting discussed access to an approximately 200 million person market, unified customs clearance, access to several markets and simplified logistics inside the union. Developing directions were also noted, including China to Thailand, Thailand to the EU or USA on request, and Russia to Thailand.
Additional business solutions included fulfillment, CDEK Forward, marketplace operations, re-export and transit, and B2B payments between legal entities in Russia and Thailand. The presentation also explained why companies choose CDEK Bangkok: a unified logistics chain, EAEU customs expertise, a local Bangkok team, transparent processes and timelines, scalability and a partnership model.
The meeting was not limited to the featured logistics presentation. The club agenda also reviewed the Four-Way Test and the club's apolitical and non-religious principles. The Four-Way Test asks whether a statement is true, fair to all concerned, likely to build goodwill and friendship, and beneficial to all concerned.
The upcoming speaker programme was also announced. The May meeting is planned with Vitaly Kiselev on TRCC opportunities for development; June with Evgeny Belenky of RIA Novosti on Russia-Thailand relations through the years; and July with Andrei Kastyulin of RTDS on business promotion between countries and the role of the Council.
The meeting also included a club governance update: Egor Glukhov was announced as a new board member. The April meeting continued Bangkok GRAD Business Club's monthly format as a practical platform for business dialogue, knowledge exchange and professional networking in Bangkok.
