Foreign investors, including U.S. companies, are nervous over the arrest by U.S. investor Michael Calvey by the Kremlin. On Tuesday, Russia downplayed the risks of a possible boycott by U.S. companies of the Kremlin’s International Economic Forum over the arrest… Read More ›
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Russia’s Gazprom raised $1.06 billion loans from Citibank and Mitsubishi UFJ
The 4 -year loans were raised in Dec, 2018 and Jan 2019. On Thursday, Interfax news agency stated citing company data, Russia’s state gas producer Gazprom has raised $1.06 billion (925 million euros) vide two loans from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial… Read More ›
Crude oil prices likely to be more stable in 2019: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak’s comments come in the wake of crude oil prices falling by more than a third this quarter. With the price of crude falling by more than a third this quarter, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak… Read More ›
GAZ implementing internal measures to for lifting U.S. sanctions
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has shed some light on ongoing talks between GAZ and the U.S. Treasury Department. On Tuesday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov disclosed, talks between the Russian government with its U.S. counterpart are underway in order… Read More ›
Trump aims to bring down oil prices ahead of Nov. 6 Congressional elections
U.S. & Saudi energy ministers are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss ways to boost output and lower global oil prices. On the negotiating table is Saudi Arabia’s long demand for a civilian civil nuclear cooperation which will enable… Read More ›
Russia hints that it will gradually boost its oil production from June 2018
OPEC and Russia have been withholding their respective crude oil production levels while oil producers from the U.S., Canada and Brazil have been boosting theirs. As a result of the production cuts, oil prices touched their multi-year high of $80.50… Read More ›
‘Oligarchy list’ could potentially damage image and goodwill of Russian businesses and firms
Russian stocks have largely shrugged off the risks of new U.S. sanctions which center around this list. On Tuesday, Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that with Washington choosing to place people close to the Kremlin as part of an ‘oligarchy… Read More ›
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, under FBI scrutiny: media reports
The outcome of the investigation by the FBI, several congressional committees and by a special counsel appointed by the Justice Department will have serious economic consequences for the United States. According to NBC News reports and the Washington Post, Jared… Read More ›
Google will partially open up Android to rivals
This is thanks to an out-of-court settlement with Russian competition authorities. In a significant legal breakthrough, Alphabet Inc’s Google has decided to an out-of-court settlement with Russia’s competition authorities in which it will open up Android, its mobile operating system,… Read More ›
Volkswagen recalls 4481 Golf & Jetta cars in Russia
The move has been initiated by Volkswagen voluntarily. Volkswagen has decided to recall 4,481 Jetta and Golf cars in Russia to mitigate a possible fault in them. Rosstandart, Russia’s standards agency has stated that Volkswagen has voluntarily recalled the affected… Read More ›