Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico to the Republic of Azerbaijan Rodrigo Labardini has received Caspian Energy’s delegation headed by President and Editor-in-Chief of the Caspian Energy International Media Group Natalya Aliyeva. During the meeting the sides discussed possibilities of expansion of contacts on the informational level within the Caspian European…
Russia’s Finance Ministry has prepared major changes to the compulsory auto liability insurance, known in Russian as OSAGO. Among other amendments, the ministry has proposed to divide OSAGO policies into three types: an “economic package” with current limits of 400,000 rubles for damage to property and 500,000 rubles for injuries, a “standard” package with limits…
The Russian government may shuffle off part of the oil tax burden on consumers by raising excise duties on fuel, according to the results of a recent meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. The Finance Ministry initially offered to raise the rate of the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET) on oil in 2017 by…
The government of the Russian Federation posted the draft decree by the Ministry of Agriculture on zeroing of the wheat export duties from September 15, at the common web-portal of legal information disclosure. According to the explanatory note, to date the reporting duties do not actually have any regulatory impact. At the same time, the…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has named the main vectors of the country’s socio-economic development which will be taken into account in the draft 2017 state budget. The president noted that the country would continue the reforms on the integrated diversified economic development. These reforms envisage the implementation of major investment projects of international and regional…
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the second review of Ukraine’s implementation of an economic program backed by the Extended Fund Facility and approved of the disbursement of a third tranche worth SDR 716.11 million, or about $1 billion, the IMF said in a statement. “This brings total disbursements under the…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved the inflation outlook in Azerbaijan for 2016 and 2017 to 10.2% and 8.5%, respectively, the fund’s report said. Earlier in April, the IMF expected inflation in Azerbaijan at the level of 12.8% for 2016 and at 9.5% for 2017. The IMF also expects inflation in Azerbaijan to decline…