BAKU. March 17 (Interfax) - A consortium of State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR), BP Plc and Israel's NewMed Energy will begin 3D seismic exploration in Zone I on Israel's ...

The implementation of the Land state program (on bringing agricultural land into circulation and developing Russia's reclamation system) made it possible to restore 3.3 million hectares of unused ...

MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - Russia's current account surplus fell 85.7% to $400 million in January 2026 from $2.8 billion in January 2025, the Central Bank said in a balance of payments estimate, ...

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and French President Emmanuel Macron said in a phone call that they are pleased with the progress of bilateral economic cooperation, specifically in the ...

BAKU. March 17 (Interfax) - Foreign direct investment in Azerbaijan was $6.6 billion in 2025, down 6.4% from $7.046 billion a year previously, Samir Nasirov, head of the Central Bank's Statistics ...

"There are no sanctions on Kazakh oil. Kazakh oil can be freely exported to Europe by any means. Moreover, we welcome this," O'Sullivan told a press conference in Astana on Tuesday, when asked about ...

The Slovak system operator's decision will not affect Ukrainian consumers, Ukrenergo said. "Ukrenergo has used emergency assistance from Slovakia rarely and very limitedly. The last such instance was ...

MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - Russia increased sunflower oil exports to Turkey and India 18% year-on-year to 0.5 million tonnes in January-February 2026, which was a record for this period, the ...

The Agriculture Ministry has adjusted the duty rate on Russian wheat exports starting from March 18, according to the ministry's website. The duty will be 140.9 rubles per tonne, the ministry said.

ASTANA. March 17 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan is discussing ways to manage sanctions-related risks for Russian oil transit to China through the republic, Islamdaut Akubayev, director of the transportation ...

MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - There were 273,000 business inspections conducted in Russia in 2025, 20,000 less than the previous year, when partial restrictions on inspections were in place for a ...

YEREVAN. March 17 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Armenia took the decision to leave the refinancing rate at 6.5% per annum on Tuesday, the regulator said. The rate has been 6.5% since December 16, ...