Areas of cooperation include cybersecurity, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

At the same time, senior analyst at Euler Andrey Polischuk expects the average Brent price in 2026 to reach $61.7 per barrel.

Alisher Usmanov, shareholder of Russia’s largest iron ore producer Metalloinvest, amassed $6.04 bln, with his fortune climbing to $19.3 bln.

Retail sales in November 2025 gained 3.3% annually to 5.22 trillion rubles ($66.1 bln).

The company noted that at the start of the withdrawal season, the Incukalns UGS was filled to just 61%.

"The economy is shifting to the East, towards the Global South, to the direction of developing markets," Alexey Overchuk said.

According to Nikolay Tokarev, the increase in transportation volumes will lead to higher dividends for shareholders.

According to Elvira Nabiullina, the investing activity declined in construction, transport and certain mining industries over the last year.

The second ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum is taking place in Cairo on December 19-20.

In the mineral resources mining segment, prices went down for natural graphite, sea salt and dewatered, desalinated and stabilized oil.