The world’s leading Emerging Markets are moving rapidly up the World Bank’s latest GDP rankings in PPP (purchase power parity) terms as well as the annual foreign direct investment confidence ranking.
Russia has requested that Kazakhstan be ready to provide it with 100,000 tonnes of gasoline in the event of shortages.
The four men accused by Moscow of being behind March’s deadly terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue have said they were promised safe passage to Ukraine and a financial award there.
In 1Q24 the federal budget deficit shrank to RUB607bn ($6.7bn), according to a preliminary estimate of the Ministry of Finance, after oil and gas revenues soared by 80% y/y.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes following severe floods in the Russian city of Orsk. Orsk, in Russia’s Orenburg region, is close to the Kazakh border, around 1,800 km east of Moscow.
Winter is over, as the EU gas tanks switch from withdrawals to filling mode again in preparation for next winter. Injection into the gas tanks started on April 1, a week earlier than in 2023 and started at an all-time high record level of 59.3% full.
Coca-Cola promised to pull out of Russia, but all it has done is drop its famous brand for a new local one and moved ownership to a Russia-based operating company
Matica slovenska continues to cooperate with Russian Historical Society headed by Sergey Naryshkin, investigative website reports.
Turkish exports to Russia fall one third in first quarter.
Moscow’s assertion has no basis in fact, says Tajik foreign ministry.
Fear of secondary sanctions prompting the cutting of a major fiscal cord with Russia.
The bids were allegedly part of a campaign by the Hungarian government to force the retailer to allow businessmen close to the Orban regime to enter the company.
A new report by the Atlantic Council has suggested that China – using a so-called dark fleet in conjunction with Russian and Iran – is effectively getting around existing sanctions on oil purchases from both countries.
Nikolai Patrushev said to have claimed Kyiv is running the recruitment via an operation at its embassy in Dushanbe.
According to officials speaking to the American outlet, the US highlighted the venue as a possible target, two weeks before terrorists from Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) killed 144 people and injured hundreds more.
Washington could reportedly impose penalties on the bank for violating sanctions if deal goes ahead.
Russia’s manufacturing sector in March 2024 continued to see a sharp improvement in its health, according to latest PMI reports from S&P Global.
Far-right politicians across the EU have been promoted on the Voice of Europe media platform ahead of the European Parliament elections.
Svetofor faces challenges in its supply chain due to war and sanctions, but is going ahead with plans to expand in Eastern Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed his annual spring conscription decree, calling up a new swathe of young Russians for compulsory military service.