ALMATY. March 18 (Interfax) - Kazakhoil Aktobe LLP, a joint venture between Kazakhstan and China, increased its oil output by about 1% in 2025, National Company KazMunayGas JSC (KMG) said Wednesday.

The export duty on Russian wheat is 140.9 rubles per tonne as of March 18 after having been zero rubles per tonne for nine consecutive weeks, the Agriculture Ministry said. The export duties on barley ...

All of Energoatom's three nuclear power plants (NPPs) located in Kiev-controlled territory reached their 2025 target, producing 54.1 billion kWh of electricity, which is 100.8% of last year's plan, ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - The main internal challenges to long-term sustainable economic growth in Russia are budget constraints, increasing competition from imports and slowing investment, ...

The Philippines rose to third place in the list of the biggest importers of Russian pork in January-February 2026, the Agroexport federal center told Interfax. According to experts' preliminary ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - 1C, Russia's largest developer of software for managing bookkeeping, warehouses, human resources and other business processes, might carry out an initial public offering ...

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) is exploring possibilities for bringing an investor into its Federal Freight Company (FFC).

The possibility of converting part of Russian Railways' (RZD) debt into shares was discussed, but this is not a viable option right now, the company's CEO, Oleg Belozerov said in an interview with ...

Kazakh grain exporters have resumed shipments to Iran under existing contracts after a brief pause caused by military actions in the Middle East, the press service of Kazakhstan's Food Contract ...

ASTANA. March 18 (Interfax) - Reports that Shell (SPB: RDS.A) is planning to exit Kazakhstan have not been confirmed, and the company will continue operating in the country, Kazakh Foreign Minister ...

Russian Railways (RZD) plans to downsize its head office by 15% in 2026, company CEO Oleg Belozerov said in an interview with Interfax. "We did an analysis of the structure, functions, and, ...

"There is currently a cycle of key rate reductions underway. Our colleagues at the Central Bank of Russia are taking every effort to normalize monetary policy," Reshetnikov said. "Long-term fiscal ...