MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Ukraine may continue its cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the current program, but there is a possibility that a new one will have to be drawn ...

The changes allow for the possibility of setting MPLs on an "included" basis. This approach will enable the CBR to still restrict the share of the riskiest loans, but banks and payday lenders will be ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of raising the level of representatives from Moscow and Kiev at direct ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed during their phone conversation to stay in close contact on Ukraine and other pressing issues on the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that if a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky were arranged, the parties would have a favorable chance ...

The suspension of oil deliveries was caused by a Ukrainian attack on a transformer substation of the pipeline, according to Szijjarto's data. "Ukraine attacks this pipeline, and because of these ...

MINSK. Aug 18 (Interfax) - Belarusian industrial output fell 0.3% year-on-year at constant prices to 119.3 billion Belarusian rubles in January-July 2025, national statistical committee Belstat said.

KAZAN. Aug 18 (Interfax) - China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's largest state-owned oil and gas company, expects demand for gas in China to grow to 600-650 billion cubic meters (bcm) ...

MOSCOW. Aug 18 (Interfax) - The first deal to export sawn timber to China has been signed on the St. Petersburg Exchange, involving the delivery of 3,800 cubic meters of softwood lumber to China's ...

BERLIN. Aug 18 (Interfax) - Russian oil supply to Hungary has been suspended because of a Ukrainian attack on the oil pipeline, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. "Ukraine has ...

MOSCOW. Aug 18 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed a request by acting governor of the Rostov region Yury Slyusar to introduce a bankruptcy moratorium for farmers who have faced ...

Revenues of the consolidated budget in the first half of this year amounted to 33.81 trillion rubles (January-June 2024 - 32.783 trillion rubles), expenditures - 38.764 trillion rubles (32.657 ...