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Russian federal budget deficit 3.5 trillion rubles or 1.5% of GDP in Jan-Feb

The Russian federal budget had a January-February 2026 deficit of 3.449 trillion rubles or 1.5% of GDP according to preliminary estimates, the Finance Ministry said. The planned federal budget deficit ...
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Germany's exports to Russia fall 8.3%, Russian imports to Germany 20% in Jan

Germany cut exports to Russia 8.3% month-on-month to 514.16 million euros in January, the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis) said in a report. Its imports from Russia fell 20% to 92.5 ...
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Inflation in Ukraine accelerates to 1% in Feb 2026, reaching 7.6% YoY - statistics service

MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - Consumer price growth in Ukraine accelerated to 1% in February from 0.7% in January 2026, Ukrainian media reported, citing the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.
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Meeting of U.S., Russian, Ukrainian delegations rescheduled for next week - Witkoff

WASHINGTON. March 10 (Interfax) - The three-way meeting of the United States, Russia and Ukraine planned for this week will now have to be held next week, the U.S. president's special envoy Steve ...
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Putin congratulates Russian Paralympians on gold medals

MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Russian Paralympians Anastasia Bagiyan and Varvara Voronchikhina on winning gold medals during the games in Milan. The ...
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Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service raises minimum threshold for monitoring real estate deals 15-fold

The Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has increased the lower threshold for real estate deals subject to mandatory monitoring by 15 times since March 10, the service said ...
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Freedom Holding acquires Turkish Bank A.S

ASTANA. March 10 (Interfax) - Freedom Holding Corp.'s Freedom Finansal Hizmetler A.S. has signed an agreement to acquire 99.32% of Turkish Bank A.S., which is part of the Turkish Bank group, the ...
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National Bank of Ukraine reduces forex intervention by 4.9%, weakens hryvnia last week

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reduced intervention on the interbank market last week by $39.6 million, or 4.9%, to $769.9 million, while the official exchange rate of the national currency, the ...
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All sides interested in further trilateral talks on Ukraine - Peskov

All sides are interested in holding further talks on Ukraine in the trilateral format, and the United States stands ready to continue its mediation efforts, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry ...
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Kazakh grain market remains sluggish amid tax changes, Iran conflict disrupts barley trade - Grain Union

ASTANA. March 10 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan's grain market activity has slowed because of new tax requirements and external factors related to the situation in Iran, which has effectively halted barley ...
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Russian Finance Ministry proposes introducing full VAT for cross-border e-commerce from 2029 while maintaining phased approach - source

MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - A compromise option in the discussion about the timing of introducing VAT on imported goods purchased by individuals through marketplaces could be a transition to full ...
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Hryvnia-dollar official exchange rate in Ukraine weakens to all-time low of UAH 43.8961/$1

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) set the hryvnia-dollar official rate at UAH 43.8961/$1 for March 10, weakening by nearly 17 kopecks over the past 24 hours and hitting a new all-time low, Ukrainian ...