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China’s RMB Yuan Accounts For 99.6% Of All Forex Trade On The Moscow Stock Exchange

China, Finance, Trade

China’s RMB Yuan accounted for virtually the whole volume of exchange forex trading after the imposition of sanctions against the Moscow Exchange (MOEX), making up 99.6% of all transactions, the Central Bank of Russia has stated. Trading volume on the over-the-counter forex market reached ₽13 trillion (US$148 billion) in June. When sanctions were first imposed […]

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How India’s Vostro Bank Account Scheme Can Assist With Russia’s Rupee Trade Settlements Problem

BRICS, Economy, Finance, India, Trade

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in Moscow holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in discussions likely to have far-reaching, positive consequences for Russia-India bilateral trade as well as the BRICS group. There are however, technical problems to solve. A major stumbling block is that India buys far more from Russia than vice

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Russia’s Special Economic Zones Attracting New Foreign Investors

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment, Infrastructure

The Russian Ministry of the Economy has been assessing the effectiveness of the 44 Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in the country, including their fiscal effectiveness. SEZs are attractive investments for foreign investors as they typically offer reduced corporate income tax rates – typically zero for the first three-five years and at a 50% discount for

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The World Bank Classifies Russia As “A High Income” Country With Average Income Worth US$47,261.

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment

The World Bank has recognised Russia as a high-income nation in its official global rankings, after stating that the average Russian gross national income per capita in Russia is US$14,250, which at current exchange rates, in local Ruble terms is ₽1,260,940.   The World Bank Group assigns the world’s economies to four income groups: low,

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As The World Looks At US Trade and Dollar Alternatives, What Are The Options?

Economy, Finance, Trade

The role of national currencies in global trade is changing, as countries look at ways of at least partial minimisation of exposure to the US dollar. We discuss the evolutionary trends.    Two main global financial evolutionary events are happening at the same time: the first is changes to the role of the US dollar,

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Russia’s Total Export Values Increased After The West Imposed Sanctions

Economy, Finance, Trade

Government fiscal income revenues from Russian imports will have declined in the West and increased in the East by tens of billions of dollars   Russia’s exports actually increased by US$31 billion after the West imposed trade sanctions, according to open-source intelligence calculated by Sputnik, itself based on data from Russia’s Federal Customs Service. While

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Russia-China Financial Logistics Being Carried Out By Smaller Regional Chinese Banks With Limited Western Business Exposure

China, Finance, Trade

Russia’s trade with China has been hampered by the impact of financial sanctions upon Russia, including not just its banks but also its SPFS payment system, which operates as an alternative to SWIFT. The United States and EU have threatened additional sanctions on any bank that conducts financial trade with Russia or connects to its

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Russia’s Alfa Bank To Establish Offices In Beijing and Shanghai

China, Finance, Trade

Alfa Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, has applied to the Chinese authorities to open offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The bank is aiming to become the first private Russian bank to open fully-fledged branches in China, and comes after it recently expanded its client support services for Chinese businesses. Alfa Bank said it is already

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The Real Purpose Of Ukraine’s ‘Peace Conference’: Asking For A 60% Reduction In Western Debt

Economy, Finance, Investment

The Financial Times has published an article describing a key meeting between the Ukrainian Finance Ministry and Officials attending the Peace Conference held over the weekend in Lucerne, Switzerland. The newspaper reported that Ukraine had asked for its official bondholders to take a 60% haircut on foreign exchange bonds due in August of US$20 billion.

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The Chinese RMB Yuan Becomes Russia’s Currency Valuation Baseline: The Implications For The US Dollar and Euro 

BRICS, China, Economy, Finance

In response to Wednesday’s (June 12) US sanctions concerning the provision of services to Russia for trading US dollars or Euros, the Bank of Russia has stated that the Chinese RMB Yuan / Russian Ruble exchange rate will now be the baseline from which other currency pairs, including for the euro and the dollar, will

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