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Greece ‘may go elsewhere for new deal on debt’
February 10th, 2015
The Greek defence minister has said Greece could turn to the US, Russia or China if it fails to reach a new debt agreement with the eurozone. Panos Kammenos, who heads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks, said Greece ...
RUB Interest Penalty Rate Change
February 5th, 2015
Moscow Exchange announcement: Upper REPO Penalty Rate (HPenRate) on Equity Market is changed to 30% starting from February 5, 2015. RUB Interest Rate for the Additional Session in FX and Precious Metals Market is changed to 30% starting from February 5, 2015. Source: Moscow exchange
Russian Central Bank Defends Its Independence After Surprise Rate Cut
February 2nd, 2015
Ruble Slides Lower Against the Dollar The Bank of Russia has defended its independence after Friday’s surprise cut in interest rates raised concerns about the influence of the Kremlin, industrialists and bankers over the central bank’s policy. Amid complaints ...
Central Bank of Russia press release
February 2nd, 2015
Central Bank of Russia issued a press release informing: On including securities in Bank of Russia Lombard list Pursuant to the decision of the Bank of Russia Board of Directors of 30 January 2015, the following securities were included ...
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to visit London
January 30th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis to meet George Osborne and City bankers on whistlestop tour of Europe to drum up support for Athens’ Syriza government The new Greek finance minister is to call on George Osborne and City bankers next week as part of ...
Council conclusions on Ukraine
January 30th, 2015
Foreign Affairs Council meeting Brussels, 29 January 2015 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The Council strongly condemns the indiscriminate shelling of the residential areas, especially in Mariupol and the recent escalation of fighting in the Donetsk and ...
What Would Exclusion From Payment System SWIFT Mean For Russia?
January 29th, 2015
Discussions among European leaders about new sanctions on Moscow have again raised fears that the SWIFT international payments system might be cut off, a move that experts warn would wreak financial havoc on Russia. The Society for Worldwide Interbank ...
Russian Ruble Weakens on Threat of New Sanctions
January 28th, 2015
The Russian ruble weakened on Wednesday, with a retreat in oil prices and a threat of new sanctions on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis promising to weigh on the currency in the near future. At 07:38 ...
S&P Downgrades Russia’s Sovereign Credit Rating to Junk
January 27th, 2015
Ratings agency S&P has cut Russia’s sovereign credit rating to junk status, bringing it below investment grade for the first time in a decade. Warning of difficult times ahead for Russia’s economy, S&P said Monday that it had cut ...
Minimum interest rates at credit auctions to provide Bank of Russia loans in US dollars to credit institutions
January 26th, 2015
The Bank of Russia set the minimum interest rates for 28-day and 365-day credit auctions held on 26 January 2015 to provide US dollar Bank of Russia loans secured by the pledge of claim on US dollar loans at 0.9178% and 1.3719% per annum respectively. Other parameters of the auctions are published in the Bank ...
