"They confirmed that the isolation strategy has failed," Orban said on Facebook (owned by Meta Platforms Inc., designated an extremist organization and proscribed in Russia). "They confirmed that ...

BISHKEK. Aug 19 (Interfax) - The Kyrgyz Defense Ministry is preparing to evacuate Russian climber Natalia Nagovitsyna, who has been stranded on Victory Peak 7,200 meters above sea level for seven days ...

Mutual trade between Russia and China since the beginning of the current year has shown a certain decline against the backdrop of sanctions pressure and market conditions in various commodity markets, ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - The Port of Klaipeda in Estonia has begun building a green hydrogen production and bunkering station, the first in the Baltic states. All construction and installation work ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russia is not rejecting any Ukraine settlement formats, yet summit contacts need to be thoroughly prepared, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - The average interest rate on hryvnia loans to businesses in Ukraine went up by 1.4 percentage points to 16.9% per annum, which is the highest interest rate since April 2024 ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - The Russia-U.S. summit in Alaska showed that the current U.S. administration is committed to finding ways for a lasting and durable settlement to the Ukraine crisis, ...

The parties agreed to officially launch these projects as part of the international energy conference which will be held on September 6-7 in Kabul. Completion of construction is scheduled for Q1 2027.

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russia's MAX national messenger service now has 18 million users, the service's press office said.

The ministries have until September 10 to retroactively apply provisions on increasing the permissible deviation of actual wholesale fuel prices on the domestic market from the established notional ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Ukraine may continue its cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the current program, but there is a possibility that a new one will have to be drawn ...

The changes allow for the possibility of setting MPLs on an "included" basis. This approach will enable the CBR to still restrict the share of the riskiest loans, but banks and payday lenders will be ...