Analysts have lowered their key rate forecasts for the whole three-year horizon, according to the latest Central Bank of Russia survey. The 2026 key rate forecast is lowered from 14.1% to 14.0%, the ...

TBILISI. March 11 (Interfax) - Foreign direct investment in Georgia's economy rose 5.6% in 2025 to $1.69 billion, national statistics office Geostat said, quoting adjusted data. Equity investments ...

MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - A Russian-U.S.-Ukrainian meeting in Istanbul is an option, but there is no specific information yet about the next round of negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...

MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - LNG production at the Sakhalin-2 project increased 1% in 2025 to 10.3 million tonnes, according to materials from the regional authorities.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) lowered its forecast for wheat exports from Ukraine in the 2025-2026 marketing year (July 2025-June 2026) by 0.5 million tonnes to 13.5 million tonnes in its ...

Supplies therefore decreased 1.1% last year. Russia supplied 2.229 bcm of gas to Armenia in 2025 compared to 2.288 bcm in 2024 (-2.6%). As part of the program of exchanging gas for electricity, 475.8 ...

MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - China purchased almost 1 million tonnes of vegetable oil from Russia from September 2025 to February 2026 (the first half of the 2025-2026 agricultural year for oils and ...

MINSK. March 11 (Interfax) - Consumer price inflation in Belarus quickened slightly to 0.6% in February from 0.5% in January, national statistical committee Belstat said. Inflation was 1% in ...

MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - Damate Group, a leading producer of turkey meat in Russia, exported 29,000 tonnes of meat products in 2025, up 25% compared to a year earlier, with the increase in the ...

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) has completed the acquisition of a 100% participating interest in the production sharing agreement (PSA) for the development of the Bahar and ...

MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - The Russian government's legislation commission approved a bill on Tuesday to launch the national SPOT system for confirming expected delivery of goods, which is intended ...

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 ...