The head of Russia’s sovereign fund said Tuesday (March 9th) that the fund has entered into agreements with production facilities in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany to manufacture the Sputnik V vaccine, the vaccine against COVID-19. The fund’s president’s speech came after he signed a commercial agreement with a Swiss …
Read More »Central Bank of Russia Leaves Policy Rate Unchanged at 4.25% in February
Russia’s central bank announced on Friday left its policy rate unchanged at 4.25% as expected. The USD/RUB pair extended its daily rally after this announcement and was last seen gaining 1.03% on a daily basis at 74.3750.
Read More »A Sudden Drop in Russia’s Oil Production Since The Beginning of February
Sources told Reuters that despite plans to increase its oil production, data show that Russia’s production of oil and gas condensate actually fell from February 1 to February 10 to 10.11 million barrels per day from an average of 10.16 million barrels per day in January. As of February, Russia …
Read More »Russia’s Production of Oil And Gas Condensate Rises in January
Russia’s production of oil and gas condensate increased to 10.16 million barrels per day in January from 10.04 million barrels per day in December, according to Reuters calculations based on an Interfax report that was based on data from the Energy Ministry. The news agency reported that production of oil …
Read More »Russia: Second Vaccine is 100% Effective
Russia has found that its second COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Vector Institute, is 100% effective. The Tass news agency reports that the perfect results are based on clinical trials.
Read More »The Central Bank of Russia: Banking Sector Profits Fall on a Monthly Basis in November
Russia’s central bank said on Monday that profits in Russia’s banking sector fell to 149 billion rubles ($ 1.98 billion) in November from 170 billion in October. The central bank added that Russian banks achieved profits of 1.4 trillion rubles in the eleven months of 2020. Russia’s credit rating agency …
Read More »Russia to Suspend Flights With UK Amid Mutated Virus Fears
Russia will halt all flights with Britain from midnight Tuesday, joining the growing list of countries to suspend air travel with the country amid concerns of a more-infectious coronavirus strain found there.
Read More »Central Bank of Russia Keeps Key Policy Rate Unchanged at 4.25%
Russia’s central bank announced on Friday left its policy rate unchanged at 4.25% but reiterated that it will consider the necessity of further rate cuts at its upcoming meetings, as reported by Reuters.
Read More »Russian Oil Companies Looking at Possible Extent of Production Cuts Q1 2021
Interfax news agency reported, citing sources, that senior managers of Russian oil companies discussed with Energy Minister Alexander Novak a possible extension of the current oil production cuts to include the first quarter of 2021. Interfax, citing a source, said that oil companies favor an extension of the existing cuts …
Read More »Central Bank of Russia Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged at 4.25%
On Friday, Russia’s central bank kept the key interest rate at 4.25%, in line with expectations after the ruble weakened before the US presidential election, but said a rate cut was still possible in the coming months. “If the situation develops in line with the basic expectation, the Bank of …
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