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Interfax Information Services Group provides news and other information products that are essential for decision-makers in politics and business.
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Mikhail Komissar, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interfax Group, and John Saunders, CEO Experian International's, Moscow, April 2005 |
Since early 1990s, Interfax has been the main provider of up-to-date news from Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union. We are the most frequently quoted source of information on the region.
Over the past few years, Interfax has also become a leading provider of political and business news from China and emerging markets of Central Europe.
A network of about 30 companies operates all over Russia, the CIS, China and several Central European countries.
The Group publishes news in Russian, English, Ukrainian, Kazakh, and German and provides about 100 specialized services.
Apart of news we offer a number of unique information products based on the state-of-the-art technologies. Among them SPARK, the System for Professional Analysis of Markets and Companies, Russia's largest and most comprehensive database on companies.
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Interfax Group produces company news, industry analysis and ratings, cooperating in this field with largest brands of the information industry.
For example Moody's Investors Service is our partner in Moody's Interfax Rating Agency, which provides indispensable information for banks and investors reaching out to Russia's markets.
At the end of 2004, the Group set up the Experian-Interfax credit bureau, which is a joint venture with the global leading information solutions company Experian.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Interfax First Deputy General Director Renat R. Abdullin (on the right). Beijing, May 2003 |
Interfax news is available through the information systems of Reuters and Bloomberg.
Interfax has thousands of clients throughout the world, including leading Russian and foreign media groups, state and government organizations, major banks, corporations, investment companies and funds.
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The Interfax brand has become part of the world establishment: Interfax is featured in two worldwide bestsellers – Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy and Archangel by Robert Harris.
" ... the Interfax News Agency in Moscow... was often the first and best source of political information from Moscow."

"… by that time it was less important than an unexpected announcement about a report by the Interfax News Agency…" | |