“Reserves dropped due to the negative balance of the exchange and the mark-to-market adjustments, Central Banks’s press service says,” according to TASS, Russian news agency. Russia’s international reserves declined by $6.3 billion to $356.7 billion from February 27 to March 6, 2015, the Bank of Russia said on Thursday. “Russia’s international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets … Continue reading
The Central Bank of Russia will no longer use credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Fitch, or Moody’s that were assigned after March 1, 2014. All credit ratings given to Russian companies and banks will now be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Bank, according to a press statement Monday. The … Continue reading