MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia's board of directors has decided for the fourth consecutive meeting to maintain the key rate at 21% per annum. This decision was in line with ...

MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - Russian gas supplies to Iran could begin as early as 2025, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said following a meeting of the intergovernmental commission in Moscow.

MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - VTB is not yet ready to disclose details of the process for selling Rosgosstrakh , as the deal still requires regulatory approval, the first deputy head of the bank's ...

MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - Russian banks can handle increasing the countercyclical buffer to 0.5% from 0.25% as of July 1, 2025, so the Central Bank of Russia has decided to keep the schedule for ...

WASHINGTON. April 25 (Interfax) - Russia will be ready to conclude a deal on settling the Ukraine crisis, but work should first be completed on a number of issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...

All three nuclear power operated by Energoatom on the Ukraine-controlled territory - Khmelnitsky, Rovno and South Ukraine, are still producing electricity, although some units are in planned outage ...

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. April 25 (Interfax) - The ash cloud spewed by the Bezymyanny volcano, which is now erupting, reached the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Friday, the Kamchatka Volcanic ...

MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - VTB might update the strategy for growing its retail business as it prepares to enter new segments, the Russian state bank's deputy CEO, Georgy Gorshkov said at a press ...

BAKU. April 24 (Interfax) - OJSC Azerenerji, the state monopoly for electricity production and sales in Azerbaijan, has attracted 700 million manat ($411.8 million at the current exchange rate) from ...

In early 2025 Iran and Russia agreed on the itinerary of a gas pipeline from Russia to Iran: it would pass through Azerbaijan. Initially the pipeline would have a moderate capacity of 2 billion cubic ...

CHISINAU. April 24 (Interfax) - Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean and the European Union's High Representatives for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas have met in Chisinau to discuss ...

KUALA LUMPUR. April 24 (Interfax) - The Turkmennebit concern has signed a memorandum of understanding with Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) on offshore exploration blocks, an Interfax correspondent ...