The Central Bank in March confirmed its February inflation forecast of 7.0-8.0% for 2025 and 4% for 2026. The consensus forecast of economists polled by Interfax at the start of April projects that ...

The CBR raised its GDP growth forecast for 2025 to 1.0-2.0% from 0.5-1.5%, but lowered its forecast for 2026 to 0.5-1.5% from 1.0-2.0%. Analysts polled by Interfax at the beginning of April forecast ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a state visit to Beijing on April 22-24, a representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "The visit will be paid at the invitation of ...

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman, who will be paying a state visit to Russia, will be held in Moscow on April 22, the Kremlin press ...

MOSCOW. April 21 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to regularly update a list of unfriendly countries, which reduced their business operations in Russia, and ...

Martial law and mobilization will be extended in Ukraine for 90 days, from 5:30 a.m. on May 9 through August 6. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky submitted respective bills to the parliament.

ASHGABAT. April 18 (Interfax) - Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov accepted credentials from Saudi Arabia's newly appointed Ambassador in Ashgabat Amer bin Ali Al-Shehri at their meeting, the ...

ST. PETERSBURG. April 18 (Interfax) - The Russian government has proposed transferring shares of five federally owned companies to JSC Severnaya Verf Shipyard , which is part of United Shipbuilding ...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed into law a bill extending the martial law and mobilization in the country from May 9 to August 6, 2025, local media said, citing the Verkhovna Rada's ...

The Ukrainian government terminated another agreement with Russia at its meeting on Friday, April 18, Ukrainian media reported with reference to government envoy to the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk.

ASTANA. April 18 (Interfax) - Bolashak Mine, operated by Kazchrome's Donskoy Ore Mining and Processing Plant, is restarting after a fire incident at the end of February, Kazchrome, which is part of ...

MOSCOW. April 18 (Interfax) - Sixty-one percent of Russians identify as Orthodox Christian now, according to a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). The results of the poll were ...