MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - Ukraine received $22 billion in foreign financing to cover its budget deficit in January-June 2025, which is 8.9% more than in the same period in 2024, Ukrainian media ...

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - Russia reduced its exports of chickpeas to $333.9 million in 2024, but according to projections from the Agroexport federal center, with increased production and high ...

According to the law adopted last year, to open a branch in Russia, a foreign bank must place a minimum guarantee deposit with the Central Bank in the amount of at least 1 billion rubles. The draft ...

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - Russia's Transport Ministry has drafted a bill that envisages creating a national fund to ensure preparedness and to eliminate the consequences of oil and petroleum product ...

ST. PETERSBURG. July 3 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia's board of directors will likely consider a key rate cut at its meeting in July, and discuss the size of such a step if current trends ...

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia has seen an increase in distressed assets in the banking sector, though this is small, and the regulator also notes a decrease in applications ...

The Central Bank of Russia has not seen any applications by foreign banks to return to Russia, and the ones remaining have significantly reduced their activity, CBR Governor Elvira Nabiullina told ...

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - Rosatom expects to pour the first concrete for the Paks II Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Hungary in October-November "if everything goes according to our plan", the Russian ...

TOMSK. July 3 (Interfax) - Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry has registered a second industrial cluster in Tomsk Region, Nonferrous and Rare Earth Metals, investment in which is expected to total 6 ...

It was previously reported that Russia's services PMI fell to 49.2 points in June 2025 from 52.2 points in May, according to S&P Global research. The manufacturing PMI declined to 47.5 points in June ...

YEREVAN. July 3 (Interfax) - The deal for Rostelecom , which operates in Armenia under the OVIO brand, to sell 100% of the shares in its Armenian telecom subsidiary GNC-Alfa could amount to around $40 ...

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - M.Video-Eldorado may begin work on entering the CIS countries in 2026, the retail chain's CEO Felix Lieb said in an interview with Interfax.