Putin will stay in Kyrgyzstan for two days as a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is planned in Bishkek on Thursday.

According to earlier reports, Vietnam ranks first and second with many tour operators in the sales of package tours. Many popular hotels are sold out for the New Year holiday. According to the Russian ...

MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Moscow views Europe's draft Ukraine settlement plan published in the media on Monday as unconstructive, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.

MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Russia views a large number of points of the United States' 28-point Ukraine settlement plan as acceptable, while the others still require more detailed consideration by ...

MINSK. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Belarus is planning a 2026 republican budget deficit of 4.35 billion Belarusian rubles or $1.49 billion at the current rate and 1.5% of GDP, the Finance Ministry said. The ...

ASHGABAT. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Turkmenistan's parliament has approved a report on the 2024 budget's execution, according to which there was a surplus of 1.98 billion manat or 1.5% of revenue, the ...

MURMANSK. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Murmansk Region Governor Andrei Chibis, Chairman of the State Council Commission on the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic, during a meeting on Monday presented the ...

MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Russia increased exports of pasta products 8% year-on-year to 103,000 tonnes and 21% in value terms to $154 million in the first nine months of 2025, the Agroexport federal ...

MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has conducted a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Monday.

MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Cash expenditures from the Ukrainian state budget's general fund stood at UAH 312.6 billion in September 2025, which is UAH 33.6 billion, or 10.7% more than last October, ...

VLADIVOSTOK. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Agricultural producers in the Primorsk Territory have doubled the soybean harvest year-on-year to 425,000 tonnes in 2025, the regional government's press service said.

The Kaluga Kristall Distillery is among Russia's top 10 producers of strong alcohol. Its products are exported to 61 Russian regions, as well as to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and China.