MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has upgraded its estimate of international reserves by the end of 2026 to $65 billion from $52.2 billion, and by 2027 to $72.9 billion ...

MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has downgraded the country's inflation forecast for 2026 from 6.6% in its October inflation report to 7.5%, and from 5% to 6% for 2027, ...

BAKU. Jan 29 (Interfax) - Azerenerji has started building the Zangezur high-voltage power transmission line to connect the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, to the country's ...

MINSK. Jan 29 (Interfax) - Banks in Belarus increased their portfolio of investment loans 1.5-fold in 2025 while consumer lending grew by a third, the governor of the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) ...

MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 1.8% in 2026, while the October Inflation Report referred to a 2% target, ...

MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Board has decided to reduce the key policy rate from 15.5% to 15% per annum, considering the steadily declining inflationary pressure and ...

MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - Rosatom has offered the United Arab Emirates (UAE) its designs for both large and small nuclear power plants (NPPs), head of the Russian state nuclear energy corporation ...

Maintenance will be in progress throughout the year. The Zaporozhye NPP with six VVER-1000 reactor units is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. It stopped generating electricity on September 11 ...

The EBRD "invested 508 million euros in 19 projects in Moldova in 2025, almost double the 280 million euros invested across 14 projects in 2024 and close to Moldova's all-time record of 525 million ...

DUBAI. Jan 29 (Interfax) - Russia exported more than 21,500 tonnes of vegetable oil worth $26.5 million to the UAE in 2025, the head of the Agroexport federal center, Ilya Ilyushin, told reporters at ...

MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - Commercial gold reserves at deposits in Russia grew by 614 tonnes in 2025, the Natural Resources Ministry said.

MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - The Russian Industry and Trade Ministry has proposed making all light industry subcategories eligible for the preferential rate of 7.6% insurance contributions, Industry ...