MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - As part of the budget package, the State Duma approved in the second reading the Finance Ministry's amendment that requires Russian issuers that maintain existing ...

Exports of wheat and rye flour from Bashkortostan to CIS and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries were reported to have reached 21,400 tonnes in 9M 2025, compared with 12,500 tonnes a year earlier ...

ASTANA. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan and Estonia signed 11 commercial agreements valued at over $517 million during a business forum in Astana on Tuesday, held as part of Estonian President Alar ...

MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Russia has initiated the formation of a working group on financial infrastructure within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said.

"U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will join Zelensky in Turkey, a senior Turkish official told the Associated Press," it said. Bloomberg said earlier that Zelensky was going to visit Turkey on ...

MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Russia's State Duma passed the 2026-2028 federal budget in its second reading on Tuesday. Bill No. 1026181-8 on the federal budget for 2026 and the planning period of 2027 ...

"A contract for the supply of electricity to Afghanistan in 2026 was signed following a meeting between Uzbek Energy Minister Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov and a delegation headed by the general director of ...

MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will visit Turkey on Wednesday to give fresh impetus to the negotiations on settling the Ukraine crisis, Ukrainian media outlets ...

MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Investors have shown interest in federal loan bonds (OFZ) in yuan, the placement of which is scheduled for early December, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Russia exported around 525,000 tonnes of wheat to Kenya totaling over $119 million in 10M 2025, experts at the Agriculture Ministry's Agroexport center told Interfax ahead ...

MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) - The European Commission has reduced its GDP growth forecast for Ukraine in 2025 to 1.6% from 2% projected in May, and for 2026 to 1.5% from 4.7%, Ukrainian media said, ...

PSB is state-owned through Russia's Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimuschestvo). A bank has been created based on PSB to service large government contracts and state defense orders. Based on ...