MOSCOW. June 11 (Interfax) - The State Duma has approved a bill exempting the Finance Ministry from paying fees for depository services on securities purchased with National Wealth Fund (NWF) funds.

WASHINGTON. June 11 (Interfax) - Washington intends to cut its budget for the purchases of weapons for Kiev in 2026, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said. "It is a reduction in this budget," he ...

The BRICS includes the world's largest producers and consumers of grain. For example, Russia accounts for 20%-25% of global ...

ASTANA. June 11 (Interfax) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan on June 16-17 at the invitation of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Kazakh presidential press service said on ...

The decision recalls that Naftogaz of Ukraine applied to the International Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce with a demand to recover from Gazprom $150 million in debt, as ...

The Ukrainian delegation at negotiations with Russia is authorized to discuss humanitarian issues based on the Ukrainian memorandum, and it does not have a mandate to discuss Ukraine's sovereignty and ...

Gazprom Neft leads the retail market with average daily fuel sales of 19.3 tonnes per station. We intend to maintain this ...

BRUSSELS. June 10 (Interfax) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said she was hoping to agree on cutting the Russian oil price cap at the upcoming G7 meeting in Canada.

Federal budget expenditure increased 20.7% year-on-year to 18.125 trillion rubles in 5M 2025. Expenditure increased at a slower rate of 11.9% year-on-year in February-May after accelerated growth to ...

MOSCOW. June 11 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia has issued an order to T-Finance MFC LLC, a subsidiary of IPJSC T-Technologies , to restrict as of June 11, 2025, the conclusion of consumer ...

"Indeed, cinematography is a key area for cooperation. New Russian and Iranian films are traditionally presented at major festivals, and there is regular exchange of delegations of filmmakers," ...

As reported, inflation in Ukraine, which fell to 5.1% in 2023 after surging to 26.6% a year earlier, rose to 12% at the end of 2024.