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Russia’s financial sector is changing as new infrastructure and development projects materialise, overseas funding is provided to friendly nations, and the landscape changes as regards use of currencies into addition to shifts in the way in which capital is used, from QR codes to Crypto all driving new regulatory and Central Bank guidelines. Navigate Russia’s financial landscape. Get analysis on the banking sector, investment mechanisms, currency exchange, and capital markets for businesses operating and investing in Russia.

Featured October 25, 2024

UAE Investment Fund Buys 6.86% Of Moscow Stock Exchange

The UAE investment company Fundament Capital Investment Management has purchased 6.86% of the shares in the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX), acquiring them from the American State Street Bank and Trust Company. MOEX said that Fundament Capital received 156,177,798 shares on September 30. The main shareholders of Moscow Exchange are now the Bank of Russia (11.7%), […]

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Featured October 24, 2024

BRICS 2024 Heads of State ‘Kazan Summit Declaration’ – Contents & Analysis

The 2024 BRICS summit has concluded with a ‘Kazan Summit Declaration’, with 134 points covering 43 pages. The key topics include further development of the association, position on various global issues, sanctions, settlement of regional crises, including in Ukraine and the Middle East, in addition to a comprehensive reform of the United Nations (UN), including […]

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October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia and Turkiye:  2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkiye at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Once again, I would like to welcome everyone to Kazan and to repeat how much I appreciate it that you have accepted the invitation to attend the BRICS Plus/Outreach […]

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October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia and China: 2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Chinese comrades and friends, I extend a warm welcome to all of you here in Russia, particularly in the Republic of Tatarstan, in Kazan, the capital of the Republic. This region […]

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October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia, and India: 2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “I am delighted to welcome you to Russia, this time to Kazan, a magnificent historical city on the Volga. I warmly remember your visit to Moscow and our fruitful talks […]

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October 23, 2024

BRICS and the New Development Bank: 2024 Progress Report and Potential Expansion

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with the President of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff. The NDB acts as a BRICS development platform and invests in infrastructure projects, often in the green sector, in BRICS nations. Equity investors include Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, […]

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October 23, 2024

Chinese and Vietnamese Banks Interested In Opening Branches In Russia

Chinese and Vietnamese banks are interested in expanding into and opening branches in Russia, according to Anatoly Aksakov, the Chairman of the State Duma’s Financial Market Committee. Aksakov is also the head of the Association of Banks of Russia’s council. He said “Several credit organizations from China, not the top tier or largest ones, are […]

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October 20, 2024

Russia Proposes Intra-BRICS Grain Trading Platform

Russia is suggesting to fellow BRICS countries that the organisation establishes a grain exchange system, a proposal that would give Moscow greater control over international prices for its agricultural exports. Frustrated by low global wheat prices, Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has attempted to limit exports at low prices through international intermediaries. Moscow recommended […]

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October 19, 2024

BRICS Pay Launches, Will Be A Global Payments Game Changer 

The BRICS Pay system has been launched, with immediate implications for the future role of the US dollar, and the use of financial sanctions upon other countries. The system bypasses the US controlled SWIFT payments system, disregards the US dollar as a preferred currency and allows instant settlement in sovereign currencies instead.  It is likely […]

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October 17, 2024

Calls For Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Independent Payments Mechanism: Implications For BRICS, SWIFT, US Dollar, Euro and British Pound

Readers will be familiar with discussions amongst the BRICS countries to establish a SWIFT alternative payments and settlements platform, however the concept is now spreading. Russia is calling for the removal of obstacles to the implementation of plans to increase the share of national currencies in mutual settlements between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries […]

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