KAZAN. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Venezuela may join BRICS only if the association's members reach a consensus on this, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Russia has imported 110,200 tonnes of butter in 2024 as of October 22, up 9% year-on-year, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance ...

KAZAN. Oct 24 (Interfax) - The BRICS countries are not yet creating an alternative settlement system to SWIFT, as the current tools suffice, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters.

MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Nova Group (Nova Poshta) has doubled its investment in 2024 from 2021 up to 8.5 billion hryvni, Nova Chief Financial Officer Pyotr Fokov said.

MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Russia exported around 2.7 million tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh in 9M 2024, up 42% from the 1.9 million tonnes exported in the same period last year, the Russian ...

MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Russia will increase agricultural exports to 108 million tonnes this year from 103 million tonnes in 2023, with deliveries of value-added products rising 6%, Deputy Prime ...

ASHGABAT. Oct 24 (Interfax) - The situation in Afghanistan is improving significantly, and this provides an opportunity to move forward with construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India ...

ASTANA. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Airbus Helicopters has increased its stake in Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering to 90% from 50%.

BISHKEK. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov during the BRICS summit on Thursday spoke in favor of alternative methods for cross-border payments.

As reported, the first GTL plant in Turkmenistan's Akhal region was launched in 2019. It is capable of processing 1.785 billion cubic meters of gas a year and producing 600,000 tonnes of Eco-93 ...

ASHGABAT. Oct 24 (Interfax) - The Turkmen state concern Turkmenkhimiya recently held a meeting with Russia's SIBUR Holding, representative of the concern's external economic relations department ...

"Regarding the oil and gas sector, there is in fact a heavy burden on rent payments [through which] we extract the majority of revenues. As for the rest, the overall level of profitability is ...