MOSCOW. July 25 (Interfax) - The board of directors of the Central Bank of Russia, as part of preparing the main directions of monetary policy, considered the range of the neutral rate and did not see ...

MOSCOW. July 25 (Interfax) - Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev has been appointed co-chairman of the Russia-Mali Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical ...

MOSCOW. July 25 (Interfax) - Only $22 billion of the $35-billion external financial assistance required by Ukraine in 2026 has already been confirmed, and talks on the rest are underway with partners, ...

BAKU. July 25 (Interfax) - The collective assets of Azerbaijan's banks had an estimated value of 56.73 billion manat or $33.37 billion at the current exchange rate, increasing 7% since the end of 2024 ...

In the coming weeks, the IMF staff and the Ukrainian authorities are expected to intensify discussions about the 2026 budget and s to do an assessment of Ukraine's financing needs, both for 2026 and ...

The Central Bank sees no need to recapitalize large banks due to the overhang of bad debts; the cost of risk on corporate loans is far from record highs and provisions for retail loans are, as ...

MOSCOW. July 25 (Interfax) - The Russian Federation Council on Friday approved a bill regulating administrative liability for the owners of VPN services and introducing fines for the deliberate search ...

YEREVAN. July 25 (Interfax) - An option that includes leasing the transport corridor that will link Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan to a U.S. company is unacceptable to Yerevan, an MP from Armenia's Civil ...

The CBR held the rate at 21% over four consecutive meetings until June, having raised it by 200 bp from 19% on October 25, 2024. At its meeting on December 20, 2024, it took the decision to keep the ...

NewNew Shipping Line launched a new trade route called Arctic Express No. 1 that runs through the Northern Sea Rout in July 2024, connecting China's main ports, Shanghai and Ningbo, with Arkhangelsk.

MOSCOW. July 25 (Interfax) - Russia's Justice Ministry on Wednesday registered a Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) order to approve a 9.5% increase in rates for transporting diesel fuel along the ...

MOSCOW. July 25 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) expects freight loading to drop by 5% in July, as well as for 2025 overall, the company's deputy CEO, Mikhail Glazkov told reporters. "We ended June ...