Saturday, January 4, 2025

Russia Performing Better in May

In a 7-2 victory over the U.S., Russia took the bronze medal in the world ice hockey championships on May 22. The victory over the team from the United States marked the third time in four years the U.S. has missed out on the chance to win bronze. Artemi Panarin, a Russian native who normally plays for the Chicago Blackhawks,

Will Russia Survive the Oil & Gas Downturn?

Russia Experts Discuss How Today’s Commodities Prices and Shifting Market Dynamics are affecting the Russian Oil & Gas Industry in this Exclusive Oil & Gas 360® Analysis Around the world, in places where oil and gas is a dominant resource, countries, kingdoms, companies and individual billionaires have been created by the extraction and sale of these fuels. The continuing importance

The Ruble in Flux

Russia at risk of a Fed rate-raise – Moody’s A report from Moody’s Investors Service named Russia among four emerging markets most at risk from a potential increase in the U.S. interest rate, news that sent the ruble falling in value against the dollar for the first time in four days. The Russian currency slipped 0.6% to 65.86 to the

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Gazprom Cuts Capital Budget and Investments for 2015

Russian oil and gas major Gazprom announces budget reductions for next year Russia’s state-owned Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) announced its investment program and budget for 2015, cutting its capital budget substantially from 2014. With Russia reporting its first economic contraction today, it is little surprise that its oil industry giant decided to reduce spending for 2015. Russia’s Economy Ministry said gross

Ruble Crumbles as Putin Offers Reassurances

President Putin says the economic downturn will reverse, even as the ruble continues to slide During his annual press conference, which lasted three hours this year, President Putin offered reassurances that Russia’s economic downturn would be remedied, even as the exchange rate on the ruble continued to drop. The ruble has fallen about 45% against the dollar this year, with