The second stage of Russia’s bond issuance has been planned and is not replacing privatization, Economic Development Minister Aleksey Ulyukayev said. “Those are absolutely different tracks, we’ve always said that the second stage of bond issuance means exhaustion of the $3 billion quota”, he said, adding that “it does not replace the decision on privatization…
Russian national flag carrier Aeroflot is not considering the possibility of selling its stake in affiliate Rossiya Airlines, a representative of Aeroflot reported. Earlier mass media reported citing three federal officials that Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich had ordered the Transport Ministry to prepare suggestions for a sale of Rossiya Airlines by Aeroflot. “The issue…
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats named industrial cooperation as a promising line in the interaction between Belarus and Tajikistan as he spoke at the conference held on September 22, to mark the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and Belarus. Leonid Zayats took note of the project to organize the assembling…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says vulnerabilities of Belarus’ economy remain elevated. The IMF made a statement to this effect in the Staff Report prepared by a staff team of the IMF for the 2016 Article IV consultation. “The economy is expected to contract further this year and next, reflecting still-weak balance sheets and structural…
Four Ukrainian universities made it to the list of the latest World University Rankings, released annually by Times Higher Education. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, National technical University of Ukraine – Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University had a rating in the range of 801 and…
The development of direct contacts between businessmen, manufacturers and government agencies of the two countries will allow advancing Belarus-Latvia economic cooperation to a new level. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Belarus Martins Virsis made the statement as he met with top officials of the Gomel branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and…
The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) and the Brazilian Rural Society (Sociedade Rural Brasileira, SRB) have signed a memorandum of cooperation during the VII International Conference ‘Large Farm Management’. “Ukraine and Brazil are very similar countries in terms of a starting point in agriculture development. Prior to becoming a strong agricultural country, Brazil had the same…