MOSCOW. Feb 3 (Interfax) - The acceleration of price growth in Russia in January is not something unexpected, it is to do with the increase of VAT, overall this factor's impact on inflation will be ...

Analysts interviewed by Interfax at the end of December predicted 0.9% GDP growth in 2025, which is slightly lower than the Economic Development Ministry's September forecast (1.0%) and closer to the ...

"The large increase in prices in January could cause secondary proinflationary effects. They could manifest due to the impact of increased inflation expectations on a preference towards saving and, ...

MOSCOW. Feb 3 (Interfax) - Technology holding VK , which owns a 25% stake in JSC Tochka, a service for entrepreneurs, is not currently planning to sell its share, a representative of the group told ...

Russian Deputy Foreign Ministers Alexander Grushko and Dmitry Lyubinsky met with the State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Staray in Moscow on Tuesday, the ...

MOSCOW. Feb 3 (Interfax) - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller has discussed collaboration in existing and prospective projects with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Board Chairman Dai Houliang in ...

BAKU. Feb 3 (Interfax) - XRG, the international investment branch of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to purchase a share in CJSC Canub Qaz ...

BLAGOVESCHENSK. Feb 3 (Interfax) - The first cross-border cable car between Blagoveschensk in the Amur Region and Heihe, China, will begin operating this summer, Amur region governor Vasily Orlov said ...

Earlier in January 2026, Fitch Ratings had downgraded UZ's and its LPN ratings to 'C' from 'CC' after the company announced it would not pay $45 million in coupon payments and would launch a ...

U.S.-registered Freedom Holding Corp., founded and majority-owned by Turlov, operates financial divisions across 22 countries, including Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Poland and Uzbekistan. Its services span ...

CHISINAU. Feb 3 (Interfax) - Moldova's National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) has, in fulfillment of public service obligations, lowered the natural gas tariff for end consumers to 13.35 lei per ...

Ukraine could forfeit around 4 billion euros in European Union funds after failing to implement 15 indicators under the Ukraine Facility program in 2025, Ukrainian media reported, citing a ...