MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - The National Wealth Fund (NWF) rose by 41.049 billion rubles in April after declining for the past two months, while the liquid portion remained unchanged at 1.5% of GDP.

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - The Russian economy grew 2% year-on-year in Q1 2025 after rising 4.5% in Q4 2024, the Central Bank said on Monday in a commentary to its medium-term forecast, published on ...

"Operations between banks on forward terms are not expected to significantly impact the general state of the forex market, while clients' operations to sell foreign currency on forward terms will only ...

Following its board meeting in April, the CBR maintained its year-end 2025 annual inflation forecast at 7.0%-8.0%. The Central Bank's baseline forecast assumes that, given current monetary policy and ...

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - China has authorized imports of Russian semolina and rye flour to its market.

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - Gebhard Hafer, chairman of the supervisory board of the Ukrainian state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways, UZ), has urged the global container shipping ...

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - India will become the primary driver of oil consumption growth, and Russia intends to become the leading supplier in the Asian market by 2050, Russian Deputy Prime Minister ...

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - The increase in gas demand from gas chemistry projects in Russia will reach around 20 billion cubic meters by 2050, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in a ...

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - Slovakia will use its veto power in any unanimous vote to ban imports of Russian energy resources, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said during a meeting with Russian ...

MINSK. May 12 (Interfax) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to visit Vietnam shortly.

The Rada ratified the agreement between the Ukrainian and the U.S. governments on setting up the Reconstruction Investment Fund, known also as a deal on minerals, rare earths, and natural resources, ...

CHISINAU. May 12 (Interfax) - Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean and European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos have signed an agreement on an economic growth plan, which envisages the European ...