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Russian ruble, stocks hit multi-month lows - Xinhua News Agency
MOSCOW, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia's ruble and stocks fell to multi-month lows on Friday on risk aversion and falling oil prices. The official exchange rate of ruble for Saturday and Sunday settlement fell to 31.25 per dollar and 39.75 per euro. During the ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-18T17:38:13Z

Ruble Extends Losing Streak to Longest Since 2009 as Oil Slumps - Bloomberg
The ruble depreciated against the dollar for an 11th day, extending its losing streak to the longest since January 2009 as oil declined and after a report showed weaker-than-expected Russian industrial growth. The Russian currency lost 1.2 ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-18T07:15:27Z

Ruble Declines to Three-Month Low, Bond Yields Rise as Oil Drops - Bloomberg
The ruble depreciated to the weakest level against the dollar in almost three months and Russia’s local bonds fell as oil, the country’s chief export earner, declined in New York. The Russian currency depreciated as much as 0.6 percent ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-11T16:13:28Z

Russia Default Swaps Rise Most This Year on Oil; Ruble Weakens (Update 3) - Bloomberg
The cost of insuring Russian debt against nonpayment over five years with credit default swaps jumped the most this year and the ruble depreciated for a seventh day as oil, the country’s main export, declined. Five-year Russian default swaps ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-14T07:20:11Z

3 Reasons The Russian Ruble Is The Least Risky Investment Under Putin 2.0 - Seekingalpha.com
As Putin 2.0 gets underway, I thought this a timely opportunity to review how the ruble has arrived at today's exchange rate and where we should expect it to go from here. Russia is currently tied for having the second-highest benchmark interest rate among ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-15T01:21:05Z

Sberbank opens 3.6 bln ruble loan facility for GAZ Group for assembling VW vehicles - Interfax Information Agency
MOSCOW. May 17 (Interfax) - Top Russian bank Sberbank (RTS: SBER) and GAZ Group (RTS: GAZA) signed an agreement in February 2012 for opening a loan facility at a limit of 3.655 billion rubles, the group said in materials on Thursday. The funds were ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-17T15:01:55Z

FGC's 2012-2014 investment program estimated at 504.8 bln rubles - Interfax Information Agency
MOSCOW. May 17. (Interfax) - OJSC Federal Grid Company UES' (RTS: FEES) investment program for 2012-2014 is estimated at 504.8 billion rubles, the company said in a press release. The plan, which has secured Russian Energy Ministry approval, "entails ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-17T10:51:23Z

Russian Stocks Continue Fall on Greek Tragedy - RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian stocks continue falling on Friday, hitting fresh lows as investors deserted emerging markets amid political uncertainty in Greece and the European debt crisis. By 11:07 p.m. Moscow time, the ruble-denominated MICEX ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-18T05:56:42Z

Russian markets hit 8-month low on oil price drop - msnbc.com
The ruble was down 0.9 percent against the U.S. dollar at 31.2 rubles. The Russian markets' drop has been more severe than other European emerging economies over the past two weeks because of the country's dependency on oil prices, which have ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-17T13:00:14Z

Russian Defense Plant Worker Convicted of Treason - ABC News
Court spokesman Yelena Maryina said Gniteyev also has been ordered to pay a 100,000 ruble ($3,200) fine. Anna Lastovitskaya, a spokeswoman for the regional branch of the Russian Federal Security Service, the top KGB successor agency, said Gniteyev had ...
Posted Date: 2012-05-18T08:41:21Z