Turkey favors switching from dollars to national currencies in trade with Russia & China Ankara has given a green light to Moscow’s proposal to switch to ruble-lira trade between the countries. 15.08.2018 16:36:51
Putin Signs 'Tax Havens Bill' to Shield Russian Companies From Foreign Sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws allowing Russia-controlled foreign offshore companies to be re-registered in offshore financial centers (OFCs) established in Russia's Kaliningrad Region and Primorsky Territory in order to minimize the possible consequences of sanctions and political risks from foreign countries. 03.08.2018 19:10:00
French Trade Mission May Reportedly Return to Russia With Another Organization The French trade and investment mission in Russia, which shut down earlier this week, may resume its work on the basis of a different organization, Russian media reported Wednesday, citing a French diplomatic source. 18.07.2018 07:55:22
Russia Dropped at Least One Third of US Treasury Bonds in May - US Treasury The US Treasury Department released a list on Tuesday of the 33 major holders of US Treasury securities. 17.07.2018 07:53:00
Adopted Measures in Response to US Tariffs to Enter Into Force June 22 - EC The European Commission said Wednesday it had adopted the regulation on rebalancing measures in response to US tariffs, targeting a list of products worth 2. 20.06.2018 13:33:53
EU Vows to Respond to 'Unjustified' US Metal Tariffs, Launch WTO Dispute Despite media speculations that the US could possibly introduce long-term tariff exemptions for its close allies, Trump has opted for moving ahead with steel and aluminum duties. 31.05.2018 19:29:10
US Treasury Secretary: There is Potential For US Trade War With China Earlier, US President Donald Trump had said that Washington had lost a trade war with Beijing, whiled commenting on plans to raise US tariffs on additional Chinese goods worth $100 billion. 06.04.2018 17:50:00
All Debts Are Paid': France Clarifies Position on Czarist-Era Bond Debt Claims Paris cannot demand that Russia reimburse French holders of pre-revolutionary Russian bond debt, France's Ministry of the Economy and Finance has said. 17.01.2018 07:21:00
Bitcoin 'Will Burst When There is No New Money to Feed It' - Analyst With Bitcoin having lost a fifth of its value in a single day after earlier surging by more than 40 percent, Leonid Delitsin, a leading analyst at the investment holding company "FINAM," told Radio Sputnik that Bitcoin is actually a bubble waiting to burst. 10.12.2017 18:02:00
Kabul Sees No Obstacles for Economic Cooperation With Moscow Chief Executive of Afghanistan’s government Abdullah Abdullah told Sputnik in an interview that Moscow and Kabul have had a lot experience in economic cooperation in the past and now have big opportunities to develop this cooperation in the future. 06.12.2017 21:21:00
Russian Budget Ready For Toughening of Anti-Russia Sanctions - Finance Minister The Russian finance minister assured the country's investors on Saturday that Russia had the instruments to a potential toughening of anti-Russian sanctions. 15.10.2017 13:39:00
New Russian Icebreaker Ilya Muromets to Start State Trials Wednesday - MoD According to a Navy spokesman, Russia’s new icebreaker Ilya Muromets will leave its shipyard in St. 02.10.2017 13:10:00
Game Over: Start-Up Cryptocurrencies 'Can't Compete' With New Bank-Backed Coin Ten of the world's biggest banks are now part of a project to create a new digital currency for financial markets; the new coin has the power to blow rival cryptocurrencies out of the market, financial consultant Luigi Wewege told Radio Sputnik. 03.09.2017 19:25:00
The shackles are off: Russia finally frees itself of massive Soviet debts After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly formed Russian Federation didn’t only have to come up with a new financial strategy for its future, but also think about repaying the billions of dollars the Soviet Union borrowed from abroad. 27.08.2017 07:54:00
Russian, Venezuelan Energy Giants to Sign Investment Deals in 2017 President Nicolas Maduro said that Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA will ink a bunch of deals with Russian energy firms later this year to promote bilateral investment. 27.07.2017 07:50:49
How Anti-Russia Sanctions Are Driving Economic Wedge Between EU and US The EU wants to keep a foot in both worlds: on the one hand, it seeks cooperation with Russia in the oil and gas sector, while on the other it continues the sanctions policy against Moscow together with its senior partner, Washington. 19.07.2017 13:39:37
Stopover in Moscow: Why China's Xi Jinping is in Russia Ahead of G20 Summit Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday for a visit. 03.07.2017 13:14:37
Full 'stream' ahead: Will Siberian gas heal ties between Moscow and Turkey? Construction of an offshore pipeline to bring Russian gas to Turkey props up accelerated rapprochement between Moscow and Ankara with potential ramifications almost similar to the post-war France-Germany reconciliation. 02.07.2017 17:23:04
Can Russia-China Political Alliance Help States Resolve Economic Differences? Sputnik asked analysts about the prospects of Russia and China resolving certain differences over trade and economic cooperation amid the two states' exceptional political relations. 25.05.2017 18:45:07
Geopolitical Project: What China's One Belt, One Road Initiative is Really About Although the Beijing-led One Belt, One Road initiative appears to be a geopolitical project in the first place, it has nothing to do with the post-WWII Marshall Plan. 13.05.2017 15:54:00
Chinese-Russian Trade Rising Further to Meet Target Volumes - Chinese Premier Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is impressed by the Russia and China bilateral trade ties. 15.03.2017 07:52:31
Russian Prime Minister Says Expects Country's Economy to Grow 1-2% in 2017 Russian economy has begun growing and the 2017 growth is expected to reach 1-2 percent, while the government is working on an action plan to bring the growth up to 3 percent and more, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. 04.03.2017 06:17:00
Russia to Consider Diamond Production Cooperation With India's Gujarat Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has announced that Russia will consider the prospects of cooperation with India's Gujarat state in the production of milk and diamonds. 10.01.2017 08:38:00
Russia's Gazprom Sets Daily Record With 615Mln Cbm Gas Export on January 5 Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller stated that company set record in daily exports with its January 5 supplies of 614. 06.01.2017 08:27:00
Natural Resources Ministry Expects Growth in Oil, Gas, Gold Reserves in Russia Minister Sergei Donskoi said that Russia's Natural Resources and Environment Ministry expects the country's oil, gas and gold reserves to grow in 2016. 28.12.2016 19:51:00