ASTANA. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan is readying a national project to modernize energy and utilities infrastructure costing $19 billion at the current exchange rate. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart ...

The Belarusian side also expressed interest in sending cargo through Azerbaijan to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, as well as to Iran through the North South transport corridor.

Tajikistan's 2024 budget was adopted with revenues set at 43 billion somoni, expenditures at 44.1 billion somoni and a deficit of 1.1 billion somoni, which is 2.5% of expenditures and 0.8% of GDP. The ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The domestic borrowing plan for the current year will be fulfilled, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. "We have no doubts about meeting our plans; all plans will be ...

SUKHUM. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The eastern regions of Abkhazia may face power outages due to a possible emergency shutdown of the Inguri Hydro Power Plant (HPP), with the energy deficit caused by the low ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Ukraine has revised the schedule for a phased increase in excise tax on cigarettes, converting the rates from UAH to euros and raising the final target to 90 euros per 1,000 ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Combating inflation while simultaneously supporting economic growth in Russia will require coordinated actions from the government and the Central Bank of Russia, and the ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russia had a consolidated budget surplus of about 2.5 trillion rubles for January-October 2024, President Vladimir Putin said.

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The export duty on Russian wheat has risen 22.4% to 3,696.3 rubles per tonne in the week starting December 4 from 3,020.3 rubles per tonne during the previous duty period, ...

The economy is still growing rapidly, he said. "October ended with 11% economic growth [compared to October last year]. Average growth for the 10 months was 10%, and economic growth is in double ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The Russian government plans to support companies listing on the stock exchange, President Vladimir Putin said, emphasizing the need to develop measures to incentivize ...

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Pakistan has invited Russia to participate in the reconstruction of an oil refinery, the two countries' respective energy ministers said following a meeting of the ...