The total portfolio of mortgage loans of banks increased by 1.89 trillion rubles ($19.2 bln) and reached 20.1 trillion rubles ($204 bln) ...

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities as African nations have grown closer to Moscow.

Maria Zakharova pointed out that Moscow had proposed a plan by which gas would be purchased for Transnistria and delivered to the embattled republic, but Moldova blocked its implementation ...