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Gleb Bryanski

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Russia holds key rate at 21% despite Putin request not to chill the economy

The Russian central bank kept its key interest rate on hold at 21%, its highest level in more than 20 years, despite President Vladimir Putin's

Russia holds key rate at 21% despite Putin request not to chill the economy
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Putin urges officials not to freeze Russian economy in 'cryotherapy chamber'

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his economic officials on Tuesday not to freeze the Russian economy as if it were in a "cryotherapy

Putin urges officials not to freeze Russian economy in 'cryotherapy chamber'
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Russia's central bank seen keeping key interest rate on hold at March meeting: Reuters poll

The Russian central bank is seen keeping the key interest rate on hold at 21% at its meeting on March 21 while the rouble is seen retreating

Russia's central bank seen keeping key interest rate on hold at March meeting: Reuters poll
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What are Russia's rare earth metals ambitions?

President Vladimir Putin has offered the U.S. the opportunity under a future economic deal to jointly explore Russia's rare earth metal

What are Russia's rare earth metals ambitions?
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Putin says Russia should speed up lithium mining plans

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia should speed up plans to mine its deposits of lithium, a metal crucial for the production of

Putin says Russia should speed up lithium mining plans
Business|Economy|MidEast|Political|World

Russian wealth fund sees US companies returning in 2025

Russia's sovereign wealth fund expects a number of U.S. companies to return to Russia as early as the second quarter of 2025, its chief

Russian wealth fund sees US companies returning in 2025
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Russian rouble, stocks surge after Trump-Putin call

The Russian rouble and stocks surged on Thursday after a telephone conversation between U.S.

Russian rouble, stocks surge after Trump-Putin call
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Fogel's Russian lawyer chides Biden for lack of support

A Russian lawyer who represented U.S. teacher Marc Fogel in negotiations over his release said a lack of support from the administration of former U.S.

Fogel's Russian lawyer chides Biden for lack of support
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High inflation is key challenge for Russia's economy, prime minister tells Putin

High inflation is the key challenge for the Russian economy in 2025, while the economic growth rate is expected to fall from 4.1% recorded last

High inflation is key challenge for Russia's economy, prime minister tells Putin
Asia|Business|Political|Technology|World

Russia's Sberbank plans joint AI research with China as DeepSeek leaps forward

Sberbank plans to collaborate with Chinese researchers on joint AI projects, a top executive at Russia's biggest bank told Reuters, as China's DeepSeek has upended

Russia's Sberbank plans joint AI research with China as DeepSeek leaps forward
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What Trump's presidency could mean for Russia's rouble

With Donald Trump's pledge to quickly end the war between Ukraine and Russia, market players are starting to look at what impact that could have on the rouble,

What Trump's presidency could mean for Russia's rouble
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Russia set for aggressive 200 bps rate hike to cool down economy: Reuters Poll

The Russian central bank is set to hike its key interest rate by 200 basis points to 18% at the July 26 board meeting to tame inflation and

Russia set for aggressive 200 bps rate hike to cool down economy: Reuters Poll
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Top critics challenge Russian central bank, point to China's rate cuts

The Russian central bank's independence is set to be tested as it prepares to hike interest rates on Friday amid growing pressure from opponents - including

Top critics challenge Russian central bank, point to China's rate cuts
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Russian central bank sharply hikes rates to 18%, promises further tightening

Russia's central bank hiked its key interest rate by 200 basis points to 18% on Friday, the highest level in more than two years, and vowed to

Russian central bank sharply hikes rates to 18%, promises further tightening
Europe|News|Opinion|World

Russia's Deripaska under fire for rare anti-war comments

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska came under attack from supporters of the war in Ukraine on Friday after making a rare anti-war statement in which he described

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Silence reigns in Russia over linking rouble fall to Ukrainian attack

In Russia, there appears to be a new rule: Don't mention the war in relation to the rouble.

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Russian central bank says new rate hike in September is not a certainty

Another key interest rate hike in September is not a certainty, as economic growth and lending are slowing down, a senior central bank official said on Thursday in

Russian central bank says new rate hike in September is not a certainty
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Russia uses Telegram boss Pavel Durov's case to rally doubters against West

Russians who still share Western values are being told to choose sides and support their warring homeland or risk being victimised by the West, in the same way that

Russia uses Telegram boss Pavel Durov's case to rally doubters against West
Economy|Finance|News|World

Russia's Sberbank says India business booming despite Western sanctions

Russia's trade with India is booming and bilateral payments are proceeding smoothly without the glitches that have been hampering trade with

Russia's Sberbank says India business booming despite Western sanctions
Economy|Europe|Finance|News|World

IMF to send first mission to Russia since Ukraine invasion

The IMF will become the first major international financial body to send its official mission to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Aleksei

IMF to send first mission to Russia since Ukraine invasion
Economy|News|US|World

Putin's commodities ban threat puzzles Russian firms and officials

Russian officials and managers are perplexed by President Vladimir Putin's surprise threat to limit exports of strategic

Putin's commodities ban threat puzzles Russian firms and officials
Business|Economy|Finance|News

Russia's military-focused 2025 budget shrouded in secrecy

Russia's state budget for next year, which includes a 25% hike in military spending, will also be the most secretive in post-Soviet history,

Russia's military-focused 2025 budget shrouded in secrecy
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Top BRICS economic officials stay away from Moscow meeting

(This Oct. 11 story has been corrected to remove Saudi Arabia as a member of BRICS, in paragraph 4.

Top BRICS economic officials stay away from Moscow meeting
Asia|Economy|Europe|Finance|World

At BRICS summit, Russia to push to end dollar dominance

Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts

At BRICS summit, Russia to push to end dollar dominance
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Putin says BRICS, not the West, will drive global economic growth

The BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years thanks to its size and relatively fast growth compared

Putin says BRICS, not the West, will drive global economic growth

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