The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, hopes that large Russian banks that are on the sanctions lists of Western countries will now be able to work in Crimea. "The tightening of the sanctions regime may in some sense …
In the conditions of restrictions on the work of enterprises due to the pandemic, Russian business needs government support more than ever, and first of all, it requires long-term loans at low rates that will help compensate for the drop in …
The United States supports maintaining Russian gas transit through Ukraine. Washington calls it "a strategic deterrent to further Russian aggression," the U.S. State Department said in a statement released on the eve of U.S. Secretary …
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has requested that proposals on refining National Projects and programs for the implementation of President Vladimir Putin’s State of the Nation Address to be submitted to the …
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will form a Cabinet of the people capable of completing the tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, head of the State Duma’s Committee for Financial Markets Anatoly …
The 50th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum is being held in the Swiss resort village of Davos on January 21-24. The WEF has brought together an estimated 3,000 people from 117 countries, including 53 heads of state and …
Head of the State Duma’s Committee for Financial Markets Anatoly Aksakov, speaking to Vestnik Kavkaza, commented on the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet and President Vladimir Putin's proposal to appoint …
Russian banks rejected more than six in every 10 loan applications made last year, new data has shown. Only 36.9% of requested loans were granted in in Russia last year, down from 41% the year before, the National Bureau of Credit …
Head of the State Duma’s Committee for Financial Markets Anatoly Aksakov, speaking to Vestnik Kavkaza, said today that the Nord Stream 3 project is quite real. “Of course, everything here will depend on the …
The board of directors of Russia's Central Bank cut the key rate by 0.25 percentage points to 6.25% annually as inflation has slowed down faster than expected, the regulator said in a statement. "Annual dynamics of the consumer …
Owners of Russia's largest companies and billionaires from 'Russia's Forbes ranking are ready to invest 70 trillion rubles in the Russian economy. This will happen if there is a mechanism to stabilize the conditions for doing …
Russia has avoided economic recession, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the closing ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum in Brazil. "We have been carrying out a balanced macroeconomic policy for …
China and the United States have agreed to lift tariffs on each other’s goods in phases, Bloomberg reported citing Chinese commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng. According to The Wall Street Journal, the stage-one …
Russia's financial environment is improving, and the ruble remains stable regardless of political news, becoming one of the strongest currencies in 2019, according to the article entitled 'After the sanctions and oil shocks: that's …
Sberbank CEO Herman Gref, speaking at the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Congress, described the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the body which is completely out of the picture. …
The board of directors of Russia's Central Bank has cut its key rate today by 25 bp to 7.00% per annum. Commenting on the decision, the regulator's press service said that inflation slowdown is continuing, but inflation …
Seventy nine percent of entrepreneurs believe that there are unfavorable conditions for doing business in Russia now, according to the results of the poll conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). The poll …
Russia has became one of the main drivers in the process of dedollarization last year, the European Central Bank said in its June report on the strengthening of the role of the euro in the global economy. According to the authors of the …
OPEC has agreed to move its next meeting to July 1, followed by a meeting with non-OPEC allies on July 2, according to new dates posted on the website of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC and allies were …
The supervisory board of Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank has recommended paying 361.4 billion rubles ($5.62 billion) in dividends for 2018, CEO German Gref said. The dividend payment will account …
