Kazakhstan: arrangements made with Russian Transneft to supply oil to Belarus

Kazakhstan has come to an arrangement with the Russian oil transport company Transneft on oil deliveries to Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Askar Beisenbayev declared during a press conference held on December 26 on the occasion of Kazakhstan Independence Day. The diplomat said: “There is an agreement that once all the…

Ukraine: state debt up in January-November 2019

Ukraine’s state and government-guaranteed debt grew by 5.8% YoY, or by $4.5 billion, in January-November, to $82.8 billion. The country’s debt in the hryvnia equivalent shrank by 8.2%, or by $177.7 billion, to UAH 1.991 trillion, Ukraine’s Finance Ministry said on its website. State debt in November rose by 1.2% in the dollar equivalent, whereas…