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…
Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov signed the Paris agreement on the sidelines of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York. The agreement is a “road map” of measures that will reduce emissions released to the atmosphere and strengthen resilience to climate change. The Paris agreement was adopted by all 196 sides of…
The large-scale work is carried out in Turkmenistan to fully reveal the country’s economic potential and increase the textile export, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a government meeting. “Turkmenistan creates conditions for bringing the domestic textile industry to a new level by making huge investments in the implementation of major industrial projects”, the President…
Transfers from the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) to the state budget will be reduced by 1.5 billion manats in 2017, Samir Sharifov, Azerbaijani finance minister, reported. The minister added that the transfers would be reduced to keep the country’s foreign exchange reserves at the same level. “As Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said, while…
Oil market supply and demand can come into balance already in the second half of 2017 with market methods even if no agreements on the market stabilization are reached at the upcoming meeting in Algeria, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak reported. “Everything will depend on demand, supply, on the economic situation of many countries that…
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, a co-owner of VimpelCom Ltd., is happy that Norway’s Telenor has begun selling its stake in the wireless carrier, because competition between the two companies in some markets created an “abnormal” situation on the board. Telenor, which began selling its 33% stake of VimpelCom Ltd. earlier in September, is a direct…
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has proposed to introduce a system of flexible excise duties on fuel, which can be revised every month, to stabilize a tax policy in the energy sector, the service’s Deputy Director Anatoly Golomolzin said. “We always speak about a necessity to introduce the system of flexible excise duties. The government gave…