The Azerbaijani government forecasts GDP growth at 3.5% in 2025, with a nominal volume of 129.2 billion manat. The official exchange rate on December 16 is 1.7 manat/$1.

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Passenger traffic across the Ukrainian border grew 0.9% week-on-week to 456,000 travelers on December 7-13, Ukrainian media said, citing a statement by the State Border ...

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Former Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has been elected head of the Ukrenergo Supervisory Board, Ukrainian media said, citing a company statement on a social network.

Another presidential order appointed First Deputy Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliyev acting prime minister. He was relieved of his previous duties, it said. Kasymaliyev will be nominated at the ...

MINSK. Dec 16 (Interfax) - The Russia-Belarus Union State is preparing a new package of import-substitution projects, Belarusian Industry Minister Alexander Yefimov said on the state-run television ...

KEMEROVO. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Coal production in Russia in 2024 is forecasted to be slightly lower than in 2023, with a planned decrease of 1%, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told ...

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Russia's inflation is on a trajectory exceeding the 4.5% rate forecast by the Economic Development Ministry for 2025; its expectations will be clarified by March-April, ...

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - The exchange rate of 100-110 rubles for $1 is reasonable in the current conditions of sanctions and represents the balance between the interest of export and the budget, ...

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Russia is confident and developing despite attempts of brutal pressure on it made by the ruling elites of certain countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Norilsk Nickel has finalized its strategy of cooperation with China taking into account the need to maintain the tax base and jobs in Russia, Nornickel CEO Vladimir Potanin ...

MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - The Russian Energy Ministry sees deterioration in the dynamic of export of coal from Russia this year, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilyov told Interfax on the ...

Asked whether Russia was considering imposing new restrictions on its export of strategic raw material, he said analysis of the necessity of exports was a routine activity carried out by, among others ...