MOSCOW. May 30 (Interfax) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) on the Eighth Review of the 4-year, $15.5 billion Extended ...

NEW YORK. May 30 (Interfax) - The peace initiatives of the Russian leadership, which is committed to continuing direct negotiations with Ukraine, are clear and obvious, Russia's Permanent ...

SIRIUS. May 30 (Interfax) - Russia's Agriculture Ministry plans to work out a mechanism for setting rice export quotas starting 2026, the head of distribution infrastructure in the ministry's ...

Russia and Japan made serious progress towards signing a peace treaty under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but now the situation is different, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Abe's ...

The decision to increase oil production in July will be reached on Saturday during the next OPEC+ meeting, though the exact volumes are still unclear, Deputy Energy Minister Alibek Zhamauov told ...

ASTANA. May 29 (Interfax) - The OPEC Secretariat will present proposals to amend the methodology for determining reference production levels which would be the basis for determining production for ...

At the end of April, the Central Bank maintained its forecast for lending in the corporate and retail segments for 2025. Corporate lending is expected to grow 8%-13%, retail lending 1%-6%. The ...

Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Russia and Ukraine next week as part of regular contacts with both parties, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. "Director General Grossi [...] will ...

ASTANA. May 29 (Interfax) - Banks from Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe are showing interest in Kazakhstan's market, said Olzhas Kizatov, the deputy chairman of the Agency for Regulation and ...

The Agriculture Ministry does not intend to abolish grain export duties and plans to adjust the base prices used for their calculation before the new season (starting July 1, 2025), the head of the ...

ASTANA. May 29 (Interfax) - The Central Asian region has gained strategic significance to Europe, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.

MOSCOW. May 29 (Interfax) - A Russian delegation has discussed the development of bilateral cooperation during a recent visit to Afghanistan, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said.