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2023-02-27 05:49 |
Belarusian Industry Ministry eyes exports to Russia up 10% in 2023... MINSK. Feb 27 (Interfax) - The exports of Belarusian industrial goods to Russia are expected to grow 10% in 2023, Belarusian Deputy Industry Minister Dmitry Kharitonchik said."Hopefully, it will be around 110% at the end of the year. These are challen... |
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2023-02-27 05:46 |
World Bank lists budget, infrastructure, economic growth among priorities of Ukraine support... MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - The World Bank supports rapid recovery programs in Ukraine, the bank's Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe Arup Banerji said.Fast recovery must run simultaneously with continued support for essential services, and ... |
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2023-02-27 05:46 |
U.S. EQT Corp. donates oil and gas production equipment to Ukraine's Ukrgasvydobuvannya... MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - EQT Corporation, the largest independent producer of natural gas in the United States, has donated oil and gas production equipment to JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, Ukraine's gas producer, Ukrainian media said, citing the company... |
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2023-02-27 05:16 |
Kazakhstan starts transporting oil for export to Germany - KazTransOil... ASTANA. Feb 27 (Interfax) - The KazTransOil has begun the intake of Kazakh oil into the pipeline to export it to Germany, KazTransOil spokesperson Shyngys Ilyasov said on Thursday."The intake of Kazakh oil into the KazTransOil main oil pipeline system... |
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2023-02-27 05:16 |
Ukrainian president discusses opening of food hubs in Africa with his Egyptian counterpart... MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has discussed with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the fostering of food security and interaction in Ukraine's opening of food hubs in Africa.Ukrainian media reported, citing a ... |
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2023-02-27 05:14 |
Belarus planning to put 2nd power unit of BelNPP into operation in 2nd half of 2023, it's 98% ready - Energy Ministry... MINSK. Feb 27 (Interfax) - The second power unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) will be put into operation in the second half of 2023, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said on Thursday."The second BelNPP power unit is 98% ... |
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2023-02-27 05:13 |
Normalization of weather conditions enables CPC to resume oil transshipment at sea terminal after 4 days of inactivity... MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has resumed transshipment of oil at the sea terminal outside Novorossiysk, the CPC said on Thursday, February 23."Normalizatio |
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2023-02-27 05:11 |
Former Gazprom executive Andrey Dmitriev acquires part of Volga Gas assets... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - Former Gazprom executive Andrey Dmitriev has become the owner of a part of Volga Gas production assets in the Saratov Region and Bashkiria.He became the owner of 100% of shares in Prikaspiyskaya Gazovaya Kompaniya LLC (PGK) and... |
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2023-02-23 17:46 |
UN court orders Baku to ensure unimpeded movement of people, cargo along Lachin corridor... YEREVAN. Feb 22 (Interfax) - The United Nations' International Court of Justice has ordered Azerbaijan to ensure unimpeded movement along the Lachin corridor linking Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.The court ruled that "the republic of Azerbaijan sh... |
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2023-02-23 15:18 |
Biden sees Russia's decision to suspend participation in New START as 'big mistake'... WASHINGTON. Feb 22 (Interfax) - Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the Treaty with the United States on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) is a mistake, U.S. President Joe Biden sai... |
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2023-02-23 13:57 |
Baku committed to negotiations with Yerevan - Azerbaijani FM... BAKU. Feb 22 (Interfax) - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has called on Armenia to return to the negotiating table."Armenia should abandon its destructive position and return to the negotiating table. Despite Armenia's refusal to take... |
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2023-02-23 13:45 |
Ukraine to work on upgrading State Land Cadaster together with WB, EU... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian State Service for Geodesy, Cartography, and Cadaster (StateGeoCadaster) will work on modernizing the automated system of the State Land Cadaster along with the World Bank and the European Union, with support from ... |
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2023-02-23 13:04 |
Damaged Soyuz MS-22 to return to Earth under shortened program - Roscosmos... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - Roscosmos plans to test the damaged Soyuz MS-22 during its return to Earth, and it will be brought down from orbit under a shortened program, Roscosmos Executive Director for Manned Space Programs Sergei Krikalev said."We p... |
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2023-02-23 12:39 |
Kazakhstan approves list of professions with which it will be easier to get residence permits... ASTANA. Feb 22 (Interfax) - The Kazakh Labor and Social Protection Ministry has approved a list of in-demand professions in the spheres of science, healthcare, industry and IT with which foreigners can receive residence permits in Kazakhstan under facilit... |
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2023-02-23 12:39 |
Tengizchevroil continues production at Tengiz field, monitoring situation at CPC... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - Chevron-controlled Tengizchevroil has continued production at the Tengiz field, from which the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) halted the intake of oil into the system on Wednesday because of excess stock."Tengizche |
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2023-02-23 12:38 |
BNY Mellon notifies Nornickel ADR holders that depository agreement expires on May 23... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - The Bank of New York Mellon has notified the holders of ADRs of Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) that the respective depository agreement will expire on May 23, 2023, the depository said in a statement.The BNY Mellon in mid-November ... |
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2023-02-23 12:18 |
Nearly 140 localities in 6 Ukrainian regions without electricity due to bad weather... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - As many as 137 towns and villages in the Kiev, Zhitomir, Volyn, Chernovtsy, Khmelnitsky, and Ternopol regions are facing power outages after distribution system operators' networks were damaged as a result of bad weather, U... |
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2023-02-23 12:17 |
MIGA to give EBRD up to $200 mln in guarantees to cover trade finance risks in Ukraine, other countries... MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have signed a landmark first co-financing agreement, under which MIGA will issue up to $200 million in trade fi... |
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2023-02-21 18:09 |
Nornickel mulling share split, considering matter of how to handle ADRs in this case... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Nornickel is working on the issue of splitting the par value of its shares, Mikhail Borovikov, head of the company's Investor Relations Department, said while answering questions from investors on the BCS Live channel.The c... |
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2023-02-21 17:02 |
Poland to restrict movement at only truck-processing checkpoint on border with Belarus... MINSK. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Poland will restrict the movement of trucks across its border with Belarus at the only checkpoint that accepts freight vehicles, the Belarusian State Border Committee said in a statement on Monday."The Polish border agency i... |
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2023-02-21 16:23 |
Putin allows purchase of American Emerson's Russian business by local management... CHELYABINSK. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized Metran Holding LLC in Chelyabinsk to acquire shares of Metran Industrial Group, the Russian manufacturer of technological process automation equipment, from companies belongi... |
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2023-02-21 15:53 |
Black Iron drafting new feasibility study, EIA for investment agreement with Ukraine on Shimanovsky project... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Black Iron Inc., a Canadian mining company that bought a license for the Shimanovsky iron ore deposit in 2010, said that it continues to promote the project, despite the difficulties with its implementation." |
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2023-02-21 14:49 |
Russian regulator clears Almira LLC to buy KFC restaurants from AmRest... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has approved a deal for Almira LLC to buy the business of AmRest business in Russia, which manages KFC restaurants, the service said.AmRest, which manages 214 KFC restaurants in Ru... |
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2023-02-21 14:47 |
IMF chief Georgieva arrives in Kiev... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Kiev on Monday for a brief visit, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources."She made a stopover in Kiev on her way to India for a me... |
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2023-02-21 14:46 |
Japan to provide $5.5 bln in aid for Ukraine, to host G7+Zelensky online meeting... TOKYO. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Japan will hold an online G7 meeting on February 24, which will be joined by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, and Tokyo will also provide $5.5 billion in aid for Ukraine, the Associated Press said referring to Japanese Pri... |
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2023-02-21 14:23 |
Ukraine exports over 30 mln tonnes of grain since start of 2022-2023 marketing year - Agrarian Policy Ministry... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Ukraine has exported 30.32 million tonnes of grains, including 17.42 million tonnes of corn, accounting for 57.4% of total supplies, 10.81 million tonnes of wheat (35.7%) and 1.98 million tonnes of barley (6.5%) since the start... |
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2023-02-21 14:16 |
Russia has already exported 800,000 tonnes of wheat to Libya in current farming year - Agroexport... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Russia has already exported about 800,000 tonnes of wheat to Libya in this agricultural year (from July 1, 2022 to February 20, 2023, the agricultural year will end on June 30), the Agricultural Ministry's Agroexport center... |
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2023-02-21 14:16 |
Sber becomes minority shareholder in IT company that provides transport logistics services... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Sber has entered the capital of a company that provides services and IT services in the area of transport logistics.Sberbank Investments has obtained 1% of Tracker Group LLC, according to the Unified State Registry of Legal Ent... |
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2023-02-21 13:05 |
Saakashvili determined to have prison term deferred, be allowed to get medical treatment abroad in appeals court... TBILISI. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Defense lawyers for former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have filed a motion with an appeals court to review a first-instance court's judgment to deny him a deferral of his prison term because of serious health is... |
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2023-02-21 12:43 |
Power lines down in several Ukrainian regions due to strong winds... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - DTEK Odessa Power Grid, an electricity distribution system operator, has reported an emergency outage of a high-voltage line supplying the Kievsky and Primorsky districts of Odessa."Speciali |
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2023-02-21 12:43 |
Transneft planning to transship 40 mln tonnes of oil via Kozmino in 2023... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Transneft expects to transship at least 40 million tonnes of oil via the Kozmino port in 2023."Some 40 million tonnes went through Kozmino in 2022, and this year, we plan at least that amount," company president Nikolai... |
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2023-02-21 12:42 |
Ukrainian Railways to receive $25 mln in grant financing from World Bank... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia, UZ) will receive half of the $50 million in grant financing announced by the World Bank (WB) and will use the funds to buy and build fitting (container) platforms, Ukrainian media reported, c... |
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2023-02-21 12:42 |
Russian economy actually entering new growth cycle with qualitatively different structure - Putin... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - The Russian economy has shown growth [quarterly, adjusted for the seasonal factor] since the third quarter of 2022, and it is in fact entering a new growth cycle with a qualitatively different structure, President Vladimir Puti... |
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2023-02-21 12:21 |
Tengizchevroil will maintain oil supply through CPC - company head... ALMATY. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Tengizchevroil (TCO) will continue to export oil through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium pipeline due to its reliability and economic efficiency, TCO General Director Kevin Lyon told reporters on Tuesday."In 2022, the CPC f... |
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2023-02-21 12:21 |
NATO's Stoltenberg regrets Russia's decision to suspend participation in New START, calls for reviewing it... BRUSSELS. Feb 21 (Interfax) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said he regrets Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the Treaty with the United States on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive A... |
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2023-02-21 06:15 |
Ukrainian Digital Transformation Ministry says EU to allocate 17.4 mln euros for digitization... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - The European Union is launching the Digital Transformation for Ukraine (DT4UA) project and plans to allocate 17.4 million euros in aid for its implementation, Ukrainian media reported, citing the country's Digital Transform... |
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2023-02-21 05:48 |
Roscosmos blames external impact for depressurization of Progress MS-21 cargo carrier at ISS... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Preliminary findings indicate that external impact was behind the depressurization of the thermal control system of the Progress MS-21 resupply ship, then docked to the International Space Station (ISS), the same cause that was... |
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2023-02-21 05:30 |
Russian watchdog sees ASF situation worsening in neighboring countries... MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - The situation with the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in countries neighboring Russia continues to worsen, despite the declared execution of plans to eliminate outbreaks of infection, Russian plant and animal health watchd... |
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2023-02-21 05:30 |
Borrell stands for extending Istanbul grain deal... BRUSSELS. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The grain deal to export food products from Ukraine should be extended in order to avert a repeat of the global food crisis, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said."The Black Sea Grain Initiative is expiring in mid-Ma... |
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2023-02-20 17:02 |
Eurasian Development Bank sells National Reserve Bank... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) in December 2022 sold 100% of the National Reserve Bank (NRB) to an unrelated party for 3.893 billion rubles and non-cash consideration in the form of a stake in a Russian company, according ... |
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2023-02-20 15:53 |
Annual inflation in Russia to be at list lowest in April 2023 - Central Bank... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Annual inflation in Russia could fall below the 4% target in the spring of 2023 due to the base effect, external restrictions having caused consumer price growth to spike in March-April 2022, the Central Bank said in monetary p... |
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2023-02-20 14:57 |
Blinken, Erdogan discuss aid for Kiev, U.S.-Turkey relations... WASHINGTON. Feb 20 (Interfax) - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday to discuss Ukraine aid and bilateral relations."The two leaders discussed supporting Ukraine [...] emph... |
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2023-02-20 14:47 |
Central Bank still forecasting long-term rate neutrality of 5%-6%... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia still estimated the long-term neutral rate of 1%-2% in real terms which, with an inflation target of near 4%, corresponds to a nominal neutral rate of 5%-6%, the regulator said in a monetary policy re... |
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2023-02-20 14:23 |
Ukraine's Kovalska ICG attracts 32 mln euros from Netherland's Invest International to produce construction materials... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Kovalska Industrial and Construction Group, Kiev, has attracted a loan from Invest International, the Netherlands, totaling 32 million euros in order to build two plants in the Lvov Region, Ukrainian media reporte... |
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2023-02-20 13:45 |
Metinvest slashes steel, coke output 69.7% in 2022... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Metinvest reduced crude steel output 69.7% in 2022 to 9.18 million tonnes, Ukrainian media quoted the holding's parent company Metinvest B.V. as saying in a press release.Pig iron or hot metal production fell 71.4% to 2.743... |
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2023-02-20 13:17 |
Armenian FM welcomes Washington's efforts to establish peace in region at meeting with U.S. ambassador... YEREVAN. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Armenia welcomes the United States' efforts as important ones in establishing a lasting peace in the region and would like to see even more profound partnership between the two countries, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat M... |
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2023-02-20 13:17 |
Naftogaz CEO expects Ukraine to boost gas production in 2023... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Ukraine plans to increase natural gas production to nearly 19 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2023, Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Alexei Chernyshov said."This year, we [UkrGasVydobuvannya] have an ambitious goal - to produce an add... |
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2023-02-20 12:59 |
Finance Ministry wants to collect 300 bln rubles from big businesses' 2021-22 profits via tax instruments; will not affect fuel and energy complex... MOSCOW. Feb 17 (Interfax) - Tax instruments will be used in order to implement an additional levy on the profits of Russian large businesses for the financially successful years of 2021-2022, rather than through "voluntary contributions", which do... |
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2023-02-20 12:50 |
Putin allows VK Russian legal entity to buy out 100% of Money.Mail.Ru from affiliated structure... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has permitted VK Company LLC, the core Russian legal entity of VK, to acquire 100% of RNKO Money.Mail.Ru, and the president's corresponding instruction has been posted on the federal portal ... |
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2023-02-20 12:44 |
Kaspersky Lab acquires 49% of Ximi Pro, developer of container IT infrastructure protection... MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Kaspersky Lab acquired 49% of Ximi Pro, a company in the field of container IT infrastructure security or containerization, a type of virtualization that allows third-party applications to be run in isolation from the operating... |