MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - A decision on the next round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine could be made very soon, Leonid Slutsky, head of the Russian State Duma International Affairs ...

Pope Leo XIV is ready to host Russia-Ukraine talks, if necessary, Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said on Friday. "As I understand, we are talking here about the Vatican hosting a meeting ...

MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - Russia and Iran have launched survey work on the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway line in Iran, the Russian Transport Ministry posted on its Telegram channel. The ...

Russia intends to introduce wool auctions and include wool among exchange-traded commodities to regulate and structure this market segment, Kseniya Bobyleva, deputy director of the Department of Light ...

MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government terminated the validity of an intergovernmental agreement with Russia on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs affairs at its meeting on ...

The Central Bank reported in March that it had submitted a proposal to the government to allow cryptocurrency transactions within the ELR for the category of "specially qualified" investors. This is a ...

MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia has decided to set the minimum annual income threshold for obtaining the status of a qualified investor at 12 million rubles, Mikhail Mamuta, ...

MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia will work to eliminate regulatory arbitrage between digital financial assets (DFAs) and securities, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said ...

MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - Ukraine's deficit of foreign trade in goods went up 57.7% to $8.515 billion in January-March 2025 from $5.399 billion in the same period of 2024, Ukrainian media said, ...

"The prime minister of Armenia and the president of Azerbaijan are meeting in Tirana," Pashinyan's spokesperson Nazeli Baghdasaryan said on social media, without offering any further details. The ...

Head of the Parliament Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Daniil Getmantsev said, for his part, that the updated terms of trade with the EU, which would take effect after the expiration of ...

"The summit must be prepared and be productive, which is why the summit is preceded by expert negotiations, consultations, long and intense preparations, especially if we speak about a summit of the ...