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Slovakia's SEPS intends to halt emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine - media

MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) - Slovakia's transmission system operator SEPS CEO Martin Magath has said his company intends to terminate a contract for emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine, ...
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Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagaz attacked in Mediterranean Sea, attack carried out from Libyan coast by Ukrainian unmanned boats - Russian Transport Ministry

MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) - The Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagaz has been attacked near the territorial waters of Malta, the Russian Transport Ministry said.
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Russian National Wealth Fund falls 90.5 bln rubles in Feb to 13.5 trln rubles, liquid assets 1.7% of GDP - MinFin

The NWF amounted to 13.549 trillion rubles, equivalent to $175.335 billion, or 5.8% of GDP at the end of February. A month earlier, it was 13.639 trillion rubles, equivalent to $180.097 billion or 5.8 ...
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Reducing baseline oil price in fiscal rule without adjusting expenditures would require slower rate cut - Central Bank of Russia

MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) - Reducing the oil cutoff price in the fiscal rule without adjusting spending would lead to increased government borrowing, which would require a slower reduction in the key ...
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National Bank of Ukraine weakens reference rate to new all-time low of almost UAH 43.64/$1

MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) set the hryvnia-dollar reference rate at UAH 43.6388/$1 on Wednesday, weakening by almost 24 kopecks over the past 24 hours and setting ...
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Russian GDP falls 2.1% in Jan - Econ Ministry

"The Russian Economic Development Ministry estimates GDP declined by 2.1% year-on-year in January 2026. Several factors influenced GDP dynamics: last year's high base (2.9% YoY growth in January 2025) ...
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Ukraine imports record amount of electricity in Feb

According to DIXI Group, Hungary accounted for the largest share of imports in February, 49%, or 618,000 MWh. Romania supplied Ukraine with 19% of all imported electricity (240,600 MWh), Slovakia 18% ...
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Moldova declares high alert in energy sector owing to crisis in Middle East - Energy Ministry

CHISINAU. March 4 (Interfax) - The Moldovan government has declared a 60-day high alert in the energy sector owing to the risk of disruption to petroleum product supplies to the country, including ...
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Azerbaijan starts construction of container ships ordered by AD Ports Group

Baku Shipyard and AD Ports Group signed a contract on the construction of two container ships to be used in operations in the Caspian Sea on September 16, 2025. The construction work for the two ...
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Uzbekistan expects growth in Chinese investments by a third in 2026

Last year, Uzbekistan and China increased their mutual trade turnover 34% compared to 2024, to $17.8 billion. In the near future, the sides want to increase it to $20 billion per year.
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Russia will not conduct operations on domestic forex market in March owing to adjustment in budget rule - Finance Ministry

Russia's Finance Ministry has decided not to conduct foreign currency and gold sales and purchases on the domestic forex market under the budget rule in March 2026 owing to planned adjustments to the ...
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Terminal of Port Alliance in Ust-Luga increases ammonia transshipment 3% in Feb

ST. PETERSBURG. March 4 (Interfax) - The Port Favor terminal in Ust-Luga (Leningrad region, formerly EuroChem Terminal Ust-Luga) shipped 53,300 tonnes of ammonia in February 2026, up 3% year-on-year, ...