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Russia: Monti(Ice), perdita per export
Sofferenze concentrate su imprese che hanno puntato su Mosca
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Ruble Chaos Forces Retailers to Suspend Sales in Russia
Massive fluctuations in the value of the ruble on Tuesday have prompted retailers to make emergency price revisions or even suspend sales in Russia until the crisis cools.
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Wonkblog: Checkmate, Putin. Russias economy is stuck in a catch-22.
Well, that escalated quickly.It didn't take long for Russia to go from having a reasonable facsimile of an economy to having none at all. Not when oil prices have fallen 50 percent the past few months. That's because Russia never so much had an economy as an oil-exporting business that subsidized ...
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Apple Suspends Online Sales in Russia in Response to Ruble Plunge
Apple Inc has suspended online sales of its products in Russia while it mulls its response to the dramatic fall in the value of the ruble, a news report said Wednesday.
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Russias shriveling economy becomes a global threat
Russia’s suddenly escalating financial crisis risks spilling beyond its borders and endangering parts of the global economy. With economies in Japan, China, Europe and Latin America already ailing, fresh threats have emerged from Russia’s shriveled currency, its move to dramatically boost interest rates, the damage from plummeting oil prices and ...
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Apple halts online sales in Russia
Tech giant closes online store as Russian rouble extends rout.
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Fears of Capital Controls Grow as Russia's Economy Goes Haywire
The possible implementation of capital controls in Russia came a step closer Tuesday as the authorities appeared to be running out of options to stem the country's dramatic currency collapse.
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Wonkblog: ?Sorry, Putin. Russias economy is doomed
A funny thing happened on the way to Vladimir Putin running strategic laps around the West. Russia's economy imploded.The latest news is that Russia's central bank raised interest rates from 10.5 to 17 percent at an emergency 1 a.m. meeting in an attempt to stop the ruble, which is down 50 ...
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Moscow Hotels Struggle as Foreign Tourists, Businessmen Go Elsewhere
The loss of foreign travelers is posing a thorny problem for Moscow hotels, whose livelihood depends on a steady stream of foreign tourists and businesspeople, the Vedomosti newspaper reported.
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Moscow Sees $1 Billion in Elite Apartment Sales as Ruble Falls
The elite property market in Moscow is booming this year with more than $1 billion in sales as new offerings and the ruble's slide against the dollar spur wealthy Russians to safeguard their earnings in real estate.
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$60 Oil Would See Russia's Economy Shrink 4.5 Percent Next Year Central Bank
Russia's Central Bank said Monday that it was likely the economy would contract in the first quarter of next year and perhaps by around 4.5 percent in 2015 as a whole if oil prices average $60 a barrel.
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Moscow 'Tired' of Supporting Ukrainian Economy, Medvedev Says
Moving closer to the European Union offers no panacea for Ukraine's financial problems and will mean big losses in economic ties with Moscow, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an article published Monday.
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Even Russia's Oligarchs Suffer Under Its Flailing Economy
Russia's oligarchs are no strangers to misfortune, asset grabs, forced investments and financial crises.
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Russia's economy to contract: World Bank
The Russian economy will shrink by 0.7 per cent in 2015 according to The World Bank.
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Russia's Novatek Expects China to Largely Finance Yamal Gas Project
The chief executive of Russian gas producer Novatek said Tuesday that he expected China to provide at least $10 billion for the Yamal LNG project in the first half of 2015.
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Russia Eyes Infrastructure Bonds to Finance Bridge to Crimea
The Central Bank is hoping to get Russians to fund the construction of a bridge to newly annexed Crimea through an infrastructure bond offer next year, the bank's deputy chief said.
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Russia, Putin a Camere riunite: focus su economia. "Le sanzioni occidentali? Uno stimolo"
Nel messaggio di fine anno all'Assemblea federale il leader del Cremlino affronta anche la crisi ucraina: "La tragedia nel sud-est" dimostra che la politica...
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Russia Restricts Import of U.S. Poultry Citing 'Harmful' Substances
Russia's Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service, or VPSS, said on Thursday that it was implementing temporary restrictions on imports of U.S. poultry.
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5 Forces Roiling Russia's Economy as Putin Faces Nation
Putin's annual state of the union address on Thursday takes place at a time of economic pain and international isolation unprecedented during the Russian leader's almost 15-year political dominance.
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As Russia's Economy Shrinks, Central Asian Migrants Suffer
Vali Salimov quit his job at a Moscow supermarket last month after his salary was halved, and returned home to Tajikistan another migrant victim of Russia's economic downturn whose family livelihood now looks precarious.
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Russia's Economy Ministry sees GDP contracting by 0.8 Percent in 2015
Russia's economy is likely to contract by 0.8 percent in gross domestic product terms next year, a deputy economy minister said Tuesday, indicating a significant downward revision from the ministry's earlier forecast of 1.2 percent growth.