Mauro Longobardo, the plant’s CEO, said resource “rent” on iron ore mining would place an insurmountable burden.

Lukashenko, defiant, vowed the "bastards on the other side of the border” would not succeed.

Kazakhstan issues 5, 7, and 10-year sovereign bond issues worth $554 million (10 billion Russian roubles) on Moscow, Astana (Kazakhstan) exchanges.

The agency said that the assignment of final rating is contingent on the company's successful local bond issue and refinancing,

Corruption in Ukraine is largely linked to oligarchs’ outsized influence – meaning, individuals who exert influence as essentially monopolists, extend control over the media, or deploy legions of lobbyists.

In this region, neighbouring Georgia is automatically associated with wine. Azerbaijan, by contrast, is rarely associated with viniculture, though its roots run deep.

Established in 1992, IBA is the largest bank in Azerbaijan by assets. It reported a net profit of 32.4 million manats in the first quarter of 2021.

Uzbekneftegaz is hoping to secure $184 million in financing from EXIM Bank for the next stage of the project.

The $6 billion ACE project is the latest development phase in the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) fields

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on June 24, the Kremlin press service said. The situation involving Azerbaijan and Armenia was a central topic.