The price growth has been consistently high: in 2024, bread prices rose by 20%-22%, and by another 19%-23% in 2025, the association's analytical report, which was published by the APK-Inform news and ...

MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reduced the sales of U.S. dollars on the interbank market by $68.8 million, or 8.7%, to $725.5 million last week, Ukrainian media ...

MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry supports the proposal to rescind the declarative principle for alluvial gold deposits, Ivan Markov, Director of the Industry and Trade ...

MINSK. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Belarusian industrial output fell 3.4% year-on-year at constant prices to 16.6 billion Belarusian rubles in January 2026, national statistical committee Belstat said.

CHISINAU. Feb 16 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) expects average annual inflation to reach 5% in 2026 and decelerate to 4.5% in 2027, according to the regulator's latest inflation ...

Russia, as a year ago, was the second largest supplier of barley to the South Korean market. In January 2026, Australia was the leader, exporting 14,500 tonnes of the product for $4.9 million.

ASTANA. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Chinese partners could be involved in the construction of the Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk combined heat and power plants in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Deputy Energy ...

The IMF and Ukraine reached staff-level agreement on a new four-year arrangement under the EFF for around $8.1 billion at the end of November 2025.

MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Kirill Dmitriev, Russian presidential special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, will travel to Geneva to discuss economic ...

MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - The Ukraine talks in Geneva will have a broader agenda than the previous consultations in Abu Dhabi, which is why the Russian delegation will be larger, and presidential ...

MINSK. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Foreign investment in the Belarusian economy, expect from banks, increased 10.1% year-on-year to $7.6 billion in 2025 from $6.9 billion in 2024, the National Statistical ...

"The high pace of economic development has been maintained. GDP growth [in 2025] amounted to 6.3%, including 1.8% in the industrial sector, 9.6% in the trade sector and 7% in agriculture," the ...