Sberbank, Alfa-Bank and TBank, which together hold more than 80% of the acquiring market, said in the summer of 2024 that they would collaborate on a unified payment QR code, forming a consortium to ...

BAKU. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The Baku Steel Company and the Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) consortium have announced their intention to acquire the Italian steel manufacturer Acciaierie d'Italia SpA ...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The Association of European Businesses (AEB) is not ruling out the return of European automakers to manufacturing in Russia, and the majority of the association's members ...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will have talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who will pay an official visit to Russia, on January 17, the Kremlin press ...

The South Korean National Intelligence Service believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may visit Russia in the first half of this year, the Korea Times said on Monday. "Kim may visit Russia in ...

CHISINAU. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The Executive Board of the National Bank of Moldova has raised the refinancing rate from 3.6% to 5.6% per annum at an extraordinary meeting, amid rising inflation risks ...

The trade deficit in relation to foreign trade turnover in 2024 amounted to 44%, which is virtually the same as the level seen in 2023 (43.9%). Georgia's foreign trade deficit jumped 19.5% to $9.52 ...

MOSCOW. Jan 10 (Interfax) - Ukraine imported $669.78 million worth of electricity in 2024, which is 4.3 times more than in 2023 ($154.693 million).

As reported, Ukraine imported 7,300,073 tonnes of petroleum products in 2022, or 17% less than in 2021 (8,790,515 tonnes). The cost of petroleum products imported in 2022 stood at $8,787.171 million, ...

As reported, inflation in Belarus slowed to 5.8% in 2023 from 12.8% in 2022. In 2024, the authorities planned to limit the growth of consumer prices to within 6%.

BISHKEK. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Kyrgyzstan is planning to issue Eurobonds to finance infrastructure projects, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev said on the sidelines of the Asian Financial Forum ...

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Gazprombank is actively collaborating with the regulator and market participants to enable the issuing of the first convertible bonds on the Russian local market, the ...