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, ...

Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, as in 2022, is heading the Russian delegation to the Istanbul talks with Ukrainian representatives on orders from President Putin.

WASHINGTON. May 16 (Interfax) - It is yet to be decided when and where U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet, but this meeting is the only chance to resolve the ...

The Russian delegation views the current negotiations in Istanbul as a continuation of the 2022 peace process aborted in 2022 and has all the required competencies and powers to conduct them, Kremlin ...

MOSCOW. May 15 (Interfax) - Russia is ready to increase coal supplies to Malaysia, the Russian Energy Ministry said on Telegram channel following Russian-Malaysian talks in Kazan. The parties said ...

MOSCOW. May 15 (Interfax) - The U.S. Treasury Department has extended without time limitation authorizations related to the provision of oilfield services to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and ...

"At its meeting on May 14, 2025, the Federal Council decided to adopt the remaining measures of the EU's 16th package of sanctions against Russia that are relevant to Switzerland. This increases the ...

VLADIVOSTOK. May 15 (Interfax) - Primorye Governor Oleg Kozhemyako has proposed during a working visit to Guangzhou that Chinese investors participate in jointly constructing a new seaport in the ...

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a decree appointing former Security Council secretary Marat Imankulov as State Secretary, the president's press service said on Thursday. Another presidential ...

WASHINGTON. May 15 (Interfax) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would need to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in person in order to settle the Ukraine conflict. "Nothing's ...

BAKU. May 15 (Interfax) - The Israeli Competition Authority has approved the sale of 10% of the Tamar gas field development project to State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR), owned by ...

ASTANA. May 15 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan and Belarus boosted mutual turnover of agricultural products 11.7% year-on-year to $278 million in 2024, the press service of Kazakhstan's Agriculture Ministry ...