MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The export duty on Russian wheat has risen 22.4% to 3,696.3 rubles per tonne in the week starting December 4 from 3,020.3 rubles per tonne during the previous duty period, ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russia had a consolidated budget surplus of about 2.5 trillion rubles for January-October 2024, President Vladimir Putin said.

Tajikistan's 2024 budget was adopted with revenues set at 43 billion somoni, expenditures at 44.1 billion somoni and a deficit of 1.1 billion somoni, which is 2.5% of expenditures and 0.8% of GDP. The ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The domestic borrowing plan for the current year will be fulfilled, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. "We have no doubts about meeting our plans; all plans will be ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russian independent oil companies (IOC) have cut production by over 22% since 2022, Yelena Korzun, head of the Association of Independent Oil and Gas Producing Companies ...

The Belarusian side also expressed interest in sending cargo through Azerbaijan to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, as well as to Iran through the North South transport corridor.

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Ukraine has revised the schedule for a phased increase in excise tax on cigarettes, converting the rates from UAH to euros and raising the final target to 90 euros per 1,000 ...

YEREVAN. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Armenia does not see itself as a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and believes its return to the organization is no longer possible, Prime ...

The economy is still growing rapidly, he said. "October ended with 11% economic growth [compared to October last year]. Average growth for the 10 months was 10%, and economic growth is in double ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The Russian government plans to support companies listing on the stock exchange, President Vladimir Putin said, emphasizing the need to develop measures to incentivize ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for attention to be focused on state-owned companies' debt burden and for decisions to be made regarding the management of their ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Pakistan has invited Russia to participate in the reconstruction of an oil refinery, the two countries' respective energy ministers said following a meeting of the ...