TASHKENT. May 28 (Interfax) - Uzbekistan plans to double freight shipments by train by building railway infrastructure to deliver and handle freight outside of the country's capital city of Tashkent.

ASTANA. May 28 (Interfax) - Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov called on Italian businesses to expand their presence in Kazakhstan and participate in joint projects during the Italy-Kazakhstan ...

MOSCOW. May 28 (Interfax) - Gazprom Neft increased railway shipments of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and oil products by 2% year-on-year in the first four months of 2025, the Russian oil company ...

ALMATY. May 28 (Interfax) - KAZ Minerals produced 90,400 tonnes of copper in the first quarter of 2025, a 4.1% decline compared to the same period last year, the company said in a statement.

Kyrgyzstan has placed $700 million in five-year debut sovereign Eurobonds at 7.75% per annum, the Kyrgyz Finance Ministry's press office said. Demand peaked at more than $2.1 billion. The final ...

MOSCOW. May 28 (Interfax) - EkoNiva Group, the largest raw milk producer in Russia, has opened its first store in China. The retail outlet was opened in the city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, which is ...

The date of the next round of Russia-Ukraine talks will be announced shortly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "At those talks, held in Istanbul on May 16, we insisted on repealing the ...

MOSCOW. May 28 (Interfax) - The credit impulse in Russia continued to fall in April and dropped below the pandemic level, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said in a bulletin on the latest trends.

Azerbaijan may receive $250-$300 million annually for transiting goods from India and Southeast Asia through its territory via the International North-South Transport Corridor, former Iranian ...

MINERALNYE VODY. May 27 (Interfax) - The North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) will receive nearly 250 billion rubles for implementing national projects between 2025 and 2027, Russian Deputy Prime ...

Belarus's foreign trade deficit stood at $1.309 billion in 2024 compared to a $246.4 million surplus in 2023. Foreign trade turnover grew 5.1% last year to $100.1 billion. According to the target ...

KALININGRAD. May 27 (Interfax) - The Kaliningrad-based agricultural consumer processing cooperative Eco-Farmer will ship its first batch of canned meat delicacies for export in June, the press service ...