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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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 ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of raising the level of representatives from Moscow and Kiev at direct ...

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed during their phone conversation to stay in close contact on Ukraine and other pressing issues on the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that if a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky were arranged, the parties would have a favorable chance ...

KAZAN. Aug 18 (Interfax) - China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's largest state-owned oil and gas company, expects demand for gas in China to grow to 600-650 billion cubic meters (bcm) ...