WASHINGTON. Aug 13 (Interfax) - The U.S. authorities have withdrawn for several days from sanctions financial transactions, which are required for the summit of the U.S. and Russian leaders in Alaska, ...

WASHINGTON. Aug 13 (Interfax) - U.S. President Donald Trump has said that if a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is successful he could arrange a meeting between the leaders of the U.S.

BRUSSELS. Aug 13 (Interfax) - The European Commission signed on Wednesday a guarantee agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) enabling a loan in the amount of 500 ...

KEMEROVO. Aug 13 (Interfax) - The Mechel group's Southern Kuzbass Coal Company from the Kemerovo region has commissioned new coalface at the Sibirginskaya deep mine with coking coal reserves of 1.4 ...

MOSCOW. Aug 13 (Interfax) - Calls on the Telegram and WhatsApp messengers are being partially restricted in accordance with law enforcement agencies' materials to counter criminals, Russia's telecoms ...

The merging of Georgia's Basisbank, controlled by China's Hualing Group, with Liberty Bank, the country's third-largest bank, will not restrict competition on the financial market, the National Bank ...

Russia's budget system saw revenues administered by the Federal Tax Service (FTS) increase 7% year-on-year or by 2.4 trillion rubles to 34.3 trillion rubles in January-July, it follows from materials ...

MOSCOW. Aug 13 (Interfax) - Naftogaz of Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed an agreement on a revolving loan in an amount of 500 million euros, ...

BAKU. Aug 13 (Interfax) - European Union countries Italy, Greece and Bulgaria reduced gas imports from Azerbaijan 9.1% in January-May 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year, to 178,543 ...

ASTANA. Aug 13 (Interfax) - JSC National Company Food Contract Corporation, the state grain market operator in Kazakhstan, sold 1.2 million tonnes of grain in the 2024-2025 marketing year (September ...

BAKU. Aug 13 (Interfax) - UAE company Masdar has started building Azerbaijan's biggest solar power plant, capacity 445 MW. "The Bilasuvar SPP's first solar panel support was installed under the Masdar ...

CHELYABINSK. Aug 13 (Interfax) - Russian grain exporters, primarily wheat exporters, will face increased competition in the global market, the head of the analytical department at the Agroexport ...