Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed intensifying trade and economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Thailand at a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Shanghai.

BAKU. July 17 (Interfax) - A positive trend has been unfolding in Azerbaijani-Russian relations despite current difficulties in the global economy, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said.

GDP in Belarus rose 1.5% year-on-year at constant prices to 149.6 billion Belarusian rubles in January-June 2026, the country's National Statistics Committee (Belstat) said. The GDP deflator was 113.3 ...

The Russian Federation Council ratified the intergovernmental agreement with Belarus on cooperation in activities with precious metals, precious stones and products made from them at a meeting on ...

ASTANA. July 17 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan has lifted restrictions on exports of cattle meat, and supplies sent abroad are now carried out without the application of a quota mechanism, the country's ...

BARNAUL. July 17 (Interfax) - The grain harvest in Russia to date amounts to 21 million tonnes, Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said during Russian Field Day 2026 on Friday.

The Federation Council approved a law on regulating relations arising in connection with the development, implementation, use and application of large foundational models of artificial intelligence ...

Russia exported around 5.7 million tonnes of agricultural products to China in H1 2026, up 41% year-on-year, while export revenue increased 44% to more than $4.9 billion, the Agroexport federal center ...

Kazakhstan will not deliver crude oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in July and August, the Energy Ministry said Friday, citing technical constraints on the transit route. "Kazakh oil shipments ...

The cycle of key rate cuts by the Central Bank of Russia, launched in June last year, has not yet resulted in a significant decline in yields in the bond market, according to a bulletin by the ACRA ...

VTB has launched payment for goods and services via QR code in Argentina in its mobile application, the bank said. Funds are debited from the client's ruble account, and the bank automatically ...

Greece has opposed the adoption of the European Union's new 21st anti-Russian sanctions package, which includes a ban on the transportation of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to third countries, ...