For exporters, this is indeed a negative factor, but nevertheless, it plays a positive role from the point of view of lowering inflation, so we'll see. This is market-related," he said on the ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - Oil production in Russia for 2025 is currently forecasted at 515-520 million tonnes, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told journalists on the sidelines of the RSPP ...

A preliminary estimate shows that Russia will need to produce at least 200 airliners to replace foreign aircraft that are being phased out, the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, told reporters on the ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - The Finance Ministry proposes reducing the state's share in several large companies as part of large-scale privatization in 2026, expecting to replenish the treasury with ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - The deal for the Zvezda shipyard to join the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC, managed by VTB) has been cancelled, as the state holding lacks the funds for this, VTB ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to speak by phone between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on Tuesday, Russian ...

Exports of goods from Ukraine dropped 11.5% year-on-year to $3.18 billion in January 2025, while imports rose 8.2% to $5.51 billion, the State Statistics Service said. Ukraine's seasonally adjusted ...

YEREVAN. March 18 (Interfax) - The board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to keep the refinancing rate at 6.75% per annum, the bank said. A rate of 6.75% has been in effect since February 4, ...

The volume of liquid assets in the National Wealth Fund (NWF) reached a record low of 32.1% of its total volume by the beginning of 2025, according to data included in an analytical note from the ...

TASHKENT. March 18 (Interfax) - Export duties on 86 types of goods will be introduced in Uzbekistan starting July 1 in line with a decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The text of the document was ...

Agreements with Chinese partners on a joint venture with Norilsk Nickel to establish copper production facilities in China are possible in the coming months, Norilsk Nickel CEO Vladimir Potanin told ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - Russian federal budget revenues from export duties on wheat, barley, corn, soybeans and sunflower seeds were 73.246 billion rubles lower than forecast in 2024, the Audit ...