In the current year, the general grain harvest in Russia will not exceed 113 million tons in clean weight, the Director of the Department of plant growing, chemicalization and plant protection at the Ministry of Agriculture Petr Chekmarev announced. The Ministry lowered the forecast of maximum harvest volumes from 116 million tons to 113 million…
Russian state-controlled telecom operator Rostelecom has asked the government to apply the interconnection tariff reform not only to local and zonal calls, but also to intercity traffic, which will bring the operator preferences. The operator said that otherwise a decree of President Vladimir Putin would be breached, as he had ordered creation of equal conditions…
The growth of Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) excluding seasonality was close to zero in July-September, while in annual terms GDP contracted by 0.4-0.7%, the Central Bank said in a research note. “The GDP growth is estimated at close to zero in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter and excluding seasonality”, the research…
On September 27, National Mercantile Exchange CJSC (NAMEX) held the regular stock exchange trading within frames of public grain purchasing interventions in the regional trading platforms of Russia, and purchased 63.99 thousand tons of grains (from the proposed volume of 64.665 thousand tons) valued at 640 million rubles, the press-service of NAMEX declared. In particular,…
OAO Mogilevliftmash elevator plant says it has invested Br6.3 million ($3.234 million) in production development in January-August, up by 7.9% YoY. The money spent on equipment purchases account for 83% of the total investment – Br5 million ($2.567 million): Mogilevliftmash purchased 8 units of equipment, including a paintshop for supersized parts (by Spain’s LAGOS S.A.),…
KTD Group, which imports and produces household appliances (Saturn, Kupava trademarks), seeks to open a new refrigerator plant in the first half of 2017 in Cherkasy, the press service of the Cherkasy Regional Administration reported. KTD Group President Oleksandr Hromyko gave this information at the Cherkasy Investment Forum held last week. “We do not see…
Ireland is implementing alternative energy sources construction projects in Belarus, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said. “We are currently busy with the development of alternative energy sources. We have been closely cooperating with the countries that possess rich experience in the matter, for example, with Ireland and Germany. I am responsible for one…