China and Kazakhstan plan to implement 51 joint projects in different spheres in Kazakhstan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said following his working visit to China, according to the president’s press-service. Facilities for two of them have already been built, four more facilities worth $2.5 billion will be completed by the end of 2016, the president…
Azerbaijan invites Iranian entrepreneurs to actively cooperate with local businessmen, said Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahib Mammadov. Mammadov made the remarks during the Azerbaijani-Iranian business meeting in Baku. The meeting, organized by Azerbaijan Export and Investments Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO), was attended by more than 80 local and Iranian businessmen. Azerbaijani deputy minister said that Azerbaijan…
Russia’s Economic Development Ministry has worsened its forecast for Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) decline in 2016 to 0.5-0.6% from 0.2%, Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. The ministry’s basic forecast earlier implied a 0.2% GDP fall in 2016 with an annual average oil price of $40 per barrel. (Prime/Business World Magazine)
Belarus and Georgia intend to increase their trade up to $200 million in 2017. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusy made the statement after the national expo of Belarus in Georgia. Mikhail Rusy noted: “The heads of state have given instructions to reach the trade turnover of $200 million by late 2017. It is…
Norway’s oilfield services company Enhanced Drilling has opened a new workshop and office facility in Baku. The new workshop is located at Salyan Highway 22nd km and features 2,355 square metres of space. The new workshop is three times the size of the facility formerly occupied by Enhanced Drilling in Baku, and features a 15-ton…
There is a chance to privatize Russian oil major Rosneft by the end of the year, presidential aide Andrei Belousov reported. “In accordance with the schedule we should have time to do this”, he said. Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said in late August that the government might have no time to privatize 19.5% in…
Russia’s Finance Ministry plans to collect additional 2.5 trillion rubles in 2017-2019 to finance budget deficit. The ministry wants to raise taxes, mobilize revenues and deplete sovereign funds in 2017-2019, some of the officials said. The proposals were discussed at a meeting held by the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov on Monday, but no…