The Pakistan Software Export Board and Moscow's University of World Civilizations convened a Pakistan-Russia IT Collaboration Webinar in Islamabad, with Russian speakers joining from Moscow, to push technology companies from both countries toward concrete partnerships.
technologyRussia plans to add a 500-rouble charge on domestic tickets and a 1,000-rouble charge on international tickets from 2027 to fund the lease and operation of 258 Russian-built aircraft, according to the State Duma's budget and tax committee.
companiesUkraine's GDP fell 0.7% year over year in the third quarter of 2026 and 0.5% quarter over quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to preliminary Ukrstat figures.
financeRussia's central bank said the country's gross domestic product grew 1% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2026, with preliminary data pointing to continued growth for the rest of the year.
financeUkraine's renewed attacks on Russian refineries, including a reported strike on the Ryazan plant, complicate Moscow's diesel exports under an October deal with US President Donald Trump, with no Russian diesel cargo yet arriving in the US.
financeJapan has lodged a protest with Russia and demanded the return of seized assets belonging to Japan Tobacco Inc.'s Russian arm, Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa said.
companiesImported medicines accounted for about 56% of the nearly 700 billion rubles Russia spent on drugs in the first eight months of 2026, little changed from 2022, Bloomberg reported.
financeSilpo-Food LLC, operator of the Silpo supermarket chain, reported UAH 1.5 billion ($36 million) in losses from Russian attacks on its stores and distribution centers in January-September 2026.
companiesThe Central Bank of Russia sold 18.66 metric tons of gold in the third quarter of 2026, leading the world in reserve reductions for a second straight quarter, according to the World Gold Council.
financeRussia paid 415 billion rubles ($5.1 billion) in oil refinery subsidies last month, the highest since April 2022, according to Finance Ministry data.
financeBochkari, an Altai-based beer and soft drink producer, has asked President Vladimir Putin to transfer the businesses of Multon and Multon Partners, the former Coca-Cola bottler, to its external management.
companiesRussian companies and users are increasingly buying access to restricted foreign AI models such as ChatGPT and Claude through intermediaries, a market estimated at 100-150 million rubles a month, according to the GPTunneL aggregator.
technologyVladimir Putin has directed Russia's financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring to step up monitoring of suspicious transactions inside Russia, citing threats from foreign criminal networks and intelligence agencies using cryptocurrency and alternative payment systems.
financeRussia raised around $4.66 billion from January through November 2026 by selling confiscated property, more than four times the roughly $1.08 billion raised in all of 2025, as Moscow seeks cash to cover a wartime budget deficit.
financeRussia has reportedly offered India access to technologies linked to its S-500 Prometheus missile defence system as part of a proposed sale of ten additional S-400 battalions, according to Indian media reports.
regionsThe value of exchange transactions by Russian residents on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange rose 30% year-on-year in January-October 2026, BelTA reported, citing the exchange's press service.
financeRussia's intensified air campaign has shut down major steel production and disrupted Black Sea grain exports, prompting Ukraine's central bank to forecast a 0.4% economic contraction in 2026.
regionsUkraine's Defense Intelligence published data on ten Russian institutions and 13 engineers and scholars it says support Russia's military-industrial complex, adding them to the War&Sanctions portal's 'Engineers of Aggression' section.
technologyRussia's central bank has asked a Brussels commercial court to send a bailiff to Euroclear's headquarters to seize documents it says could show coordination between the depository and EU institutions over frozen Russian assets.
financeIndividuals transferred $5.6 billion to Armenia through banks in January-September 2026, up 32.1% year on year, with Russia accounting for $3.8 billion of the total, according to Central Bank of Armenia data.
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