Iran wants to partner with Russia to develop new oil deposits in the country, the Iranian oil minister said on Wednesday. As many as ten oil fields have recently been discovered in the Islamic Republic, and it wants Russian companies to take part in their development, in addition to existing joint projects, Javad Owji said…

Russia’s exports of agricultural produce increased last year despite Western trade barriers, President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday. During a meeting with the country’s agriculture minister, Putin stated that Russia had enjoyed its largest-ever grain harvest in the previous crop year, of almost 158 million tons.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the move will free his country’s economy from sanctions Venezuela is planning to shift away from the greenback in cross-border transactions, President Nicolas Maduro said earlier this week, claiming that the measure would help the Bolivarian Republic to free its economy.