The Central Bank's April forecast envisaged an average key rate of 14.0%-14.5% for 2026, 8%-10% for 2027 and 7.5%-8.5% for 2028 (previously, the CBR assessed this range as neutral).

ASTANA. June 19 (Interfax) - The first batch of large-scale equipment for a polyethylene plant under construction has arrived in Kazakhstan, the press service of National Company KazMunayGas (KMG) ...

MOSCOW. June 19 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak chaired the latest meeting of the petroleum products headquarters to discuss ensuring a balance between fuel supply and ...

ST. PETERSBURG. June 19 (Interfax) - Media Instinct Group founder and president Alexei Bakhterov plans to open the Chokolett confectionery factory in St. Petersburg in July, the advertising media ...

Nodirbek Nasretdinov, General Director of Yashil Energiya, said coperation with EDB opened a new chapter for the company, enabling it to scale up projects in distributed energy and charging ...

YEREVAN. June 18 (Interfax) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has ruled out the possibility of holding new parliamentary elections amid the opposition's allegations that the elections held on ...

YEREVAN. June 19 (Interfax) - The European Commission has disbursed 34 million euros to Armenia to support the country's private sector affected by Russia's trade restrictions.

The specific dates of a visit by U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to Russia in the context of the Ukraine settlement talks have ...

KAZAN. June 17 (Interfax) - Russian specialists are ready to return to Iran as soon as the risk of strikes on the country is minimized, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev said.

YEKATERINBURG. June 18 (Interfax) - Trade turnover between Russia and China rose 23% year-on-year in January-May 2026, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Chinese Embassy in Russia Zhang Wei said.

The growth of pro-inflationary risks and a more stimulating fiscal policy for the three-year period than expected may limit the scope for rate cuts, Central Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina ...

TASHKENT. June 19 (Interfax) - The energy ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries have agreed to begin preparing a concept for the creation of an energy consortium of the ...