"We are planning to open additional consular offices in these countries," he said.

Passenger traffic of Russian airlines is likely to remain at the current year's level in 2025, Transport Minister Roman Starovoit told Interfax. "I think [it will remain] at this year's level," ...

The board of directors of the Central Bank of Russia on Friday retained the key rate at 21% per annum, a decision that the market had least expected, thus the regulator has halted raising the rate ...

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - Inflationary pressure will begin to decline in the coming months due to the impact of tight monetary policy and the cooling of lending activity, the Central Bank of Russia ...

BAKU. Dec 20 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan's AccessBank has allocated a loan totaling 14 million manat, $8.2 million at the current exchange rate, to the AZZA confectionery and dairy producer to complete ...

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - Ukraine produced 21.7 million tonnes of seeds of the main types of oilseed crops in 2024, or 94% of last year's amount, Ukrainian media said, citing the Ukroliaprom ...

November, the Russian economy grew at a rate close to the 2024 Q3 figures. High domestic demand is still the main driver of growing economic activity. The upward deviation of the Russian economy from ...

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - The Lex Ukrajina VII bill has passed the third reading at the Czech parliament to extend temporary protection for about 380,000 Ukrainian refugees currently in Czechia, ...

"Therefore, if new Russian producers do not receive access in 2025, we forecast that exports to China will total 60,000-70,000 tonnes. But if another five or six companies are certified at the ...

TBILISI. Dec 20 (Interfax) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze signed a decree on Friday to appoint Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri to the post of deputy prime minister.

Kyrgyzstan ratified the railway construction agreement with China and Uzbekistan on June 27. According to the agreement, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will go through Kashgar (China), ...

Brussels will be ready to open the first cluster of EU accession talks with Kiev early next year if Ukraine keeps up the good work on its path toward membership in the EU, European Commission ...