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Russia warns of recession in 2015
December 2nd, 2014
The Russian government has warned the economy will fall into recession next year as Western sanctions, in response to its role in eastern Ukraine, and falling oil prices begin to bite. Russia’s economic development ministry estimates the economy will ...
Russian Inflation to Exceed 9% by Year’s End, Economy Minister Says
November 18th, 2014
Russian inflation will exceed forecasts to reach 9 percent by the year’s end and rise further in early 2015 because of the ruble’s weakness, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. The ruble has weakened some 30 percent versus the dollar this year, as Western sanctions over ...
Wheels Finally Fall Off Russian Ruble
November 10th, 2014
A strong dollar, declining oil prices, and a weak economy have finally taken the wheels off the Russian ruble. It has finally sunk in that the Central Bank is not going to act in defense of the ruble anytime ...
Russia may ban circulation of US dollar
November 6th, 2014
Russia may ban the circulation of the United States dollar. The State Duma has already been submitted a relevant bill banning and terminating the circulation of USD in Russia, APA’s Moscow correspondent reports. If the bill is approved, Russian ...
Russia against Bitcoin use and promotion with monetary penalties
October 6th, 2014
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has published the full version of the draft bill which, if passed in current form, would effectively ban the creation and distribution of software that allows for the use of money ...
Putin sees strong Russian Economy, but advisers disagree
October 3rd, 2014
Though the president depicted an open and stable economy, senior officials acknowledged slow growth and the flight of foreign investors. President Vladimir V. Putin did his best to paint a rosy picture of the Russian economy in a speech ...
EU Practiced Its Russian Sanctions in Cyprus
July 30th, 2014
Europe’s new financial sanctions against Russia will be among the first meaningful ones the West has introduced since the Ukraine crisis started. But punishing rich Russians is not exactly new territory for the EU — it has been doing ...
Russia’s surprise interest rate rise ‘to curb inflation’
July 25th, 2014
Russia’s central bank has unexpectedly raised its key bank interest rate over concerns about inflation and “geopolitical tension”. The bank’s board decided to raise the interest rate by 50 basis points, or half a percent, to 8% per year. ...
Handful of non-EU banks to make European stress tests debut
July 16th, 2014
A handful of global banks are bracing themselves for their first results from Europe’s bank stress-testing regime, which will tell them in October whether they have enough capital to withstand future crises. Banks outside the European Union have traditionally ...
Establishment of a Representative Office in Cyprus by Bank Zenit
July 15th, 2014
The Central Bank of Cyprus acting under the authority vested in it by section 8(1) of the Business of Credit Institutions Laws of 1997 to (No. 4) of 2013, granted on 4 July 2014, an approval to Bank Zenit ...
