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Russian watchdog to inspect Microsoft, McDonald’s for compliance with personal data law
January 12th, 2016
The regulator plans to hold over 1,000 scheduled inspections of compliance with the law on keeping of Russian users’ personal data on servers in Russia Central Federal District Department of the Russian IT and communications regulator will inspect a ...
Russia To Help Iran Reboot Oil Industry
January 4th, 2016
Now that Iran appears on the verge of resuming prodigious oil production, it’s becoming clear that it plans to do so by forming ever-closer ties with Russia, one of six world powers that persuaded it to restrict its nuclear ...
Ukraine officially defaults on $3bn debt to Russia; Moscow to sue Kiev in London court
January 4th, 2016
Russia’s Finance Ministry is filing a lawsuit against Ukraine for failing to pay off its $3 billion debt to Russia before the December 31 deadline. This means that Ukraine is now officially in a state of default, the ministry ...
Russia tightens screws on currency exchanges
December 29th, 2015
The Central Bank of Russia has implemented stricter rules on cash exchanges in the country. The policy is expected to tackle money laundering and the bankrolling of terrorism. Starting from Sunday, the authorities require clients to provide a full ...
NSD Russia develops settlement Services for OTC securities trades
December 23rd, 2015
National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has started applying the electronic matching procedure for all counterparties’ potential counter clearing and settlement instructions for OTC securities trades (starting as of 21 December 2015). Previously, this service was optional ...
Ukraine set to lose preferential trade with Russia after failed last-minute talks in Brussels
December 22nd, 2015
Following a failed round of negotiations in Brussels, Russia will inevitably suspend the free trade agreement with Ukraine within the Commonwealth of Independent States, once a trade deal between Kiev and European Union goes into effect in the new ...
Deutsche Bank Tally of Suspect Russia Trades Said at $10 Billion
December 22nd, 2015
Beyond mirror trades, $4 billion in transactions were flagged Regulators said to have received review results in September Deutsche Bank AG has identified as much as $4 billion in suspicious transactions related to its Russian operations, in addition to ...
Russian Information Minister Is Keen to Explore Blockchain Technology
December 22nd, 2015
Nikolai Nikiforov, the Russian Minister for Communications and Mass Media spoke about Bitcoin’s underlying technology, the blockchain. The Minister notes the distributed ledger technology as “very interesting” and intends to monitor its development going forward. Speaking at the ‘Internet ...
Russian central bank issues new payment cards to take on Visa and MasterCard
December 21st, 2015
Thirty-five Russian banks have agreed to participate in the launch of a new national payments card intended to challenge the dominance of Visa and MasterCard. So far, seven of the banks have tested the basic functions of the new’ ...
On the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the People’s Bank of China
December 21st, 2015
Heads of governments of Russia and China during their 20th Meeting, held in Beijing on December 17, 2015, welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by Governor of the Bank of Russia, Ms. Elvira Nabiullina, and Governor of ...
