Clients who have received the cards include public sector workers, pensioners, and other clients, who chose MIR for their personal needs.

The document was signed by Daniil Algulyan (Vnesheconombank’s Senior Vice President and Head of International Business, Export and Financial Institutions), Nikolay Kosov (Chairman of the IIB Board) and Nguyen Quynh Lam (Petrovietnam’s Vice President).

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that it has been informed by Moody’s Investors Services Ltd, that the agency has raised RusHydro's long-term credit rating on international scale to the level of Russia’s sovereign rating (Ba1 outlook/stable).

August exports fell by 6.3pc to 6.52mn t from 6.96mn t in July. Volumes were lower by 27.6pc from 9.01mn t in August 2016, according to preliminary customs data.

The decision to hold a passenger forum in Kazakhstan was taken at the 66th meeting of the Council for Rail Transport of the Commonwealth Member States in Moscow.

The parties agreed on the delivery of GAZelle Next buses to the country, reports the press service of the GAZ Group.

3D-printed structures that degrade on command could be used to make lab-on-a-chip devices or, in the future, scaffolding for artificial tissues.