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Siemens Wants In On Russian High-Speed Railway Project
Germany’s Siemens has expressed an interest in cooperating with Russia and China to produce rolling stock for the high-speed rail route from Moscow to Kazan. “We may consider a trilateral partnership. We have a joint venture with the Russian Sinara group and excellent relations with China in the area of train production. We have also … Continue reading
Russia Benefits From Crude Production Freeze Talks Despite Failure To Reach Deal
Rising oil prices ahead of the production freeze talks in Doha added $3.7 billion to the value of Russian output, according to Bloomberg based on data from the International Energy Agency. Saudi Arabia got a $3.3 billion boost. Even the countries not involved in the talks have benefited from the freeze fuss. The US got … Continue reading
Mark Mobius: Emerging Markets Q1 2016 Recap – A Turn In Fortunes
By Mark Mobius, Templeton Emerging Markets Group The Templeton Emerging Markets Group has a wide investment universe to cover—tens of thousands of companies in markets on nearly every continent! While we are bottom-up investors, it helps to have some big-picture context. Here, I outline what’s happened in the emerging markets universe in the first three months of … Continue reading
Economic Development Ministry Sees Upward Trend For Russian Economy
In a new economic outlook for 2016-2018, the Russian Economic Development Ministry says recession this year won’t be as significant, as previously forecast. The economy is due to return to growth in 2017, provided the oil price is above $45 a barrel. Previously, the ministry expected Russian GDP to contract 0.8 percent this year. In … Continue reading
Investment Guru Jim Rogers Goes From Russian Bear To Bull
By Ben Aris Megastar investor and notorious Russia bear Jim Rogers says Russia is one of the best places in the world to invest into. That from a man who spent 47 years rubbishing the country. Predicting that there will be serious economic problems in the next few years as the commodity cycle turns further … Continue reading
Russian Oil Industry To Attract Some $20.6 Billion Investment In 2016
Russian Deputy Energy Minister Kirill Molodtsov said that Russian oil sector is expected to attract investments worth 1.4 trillion rubles ($20.6 billion) in 2016. Russian oil sector is expected to attract investments worth 1.4 trillion rubles ($20.6 billion) in 2016, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Kirill Molodtsov said Tuesday. “We expect that the total volume of investments will be … Continue reading
Russian Reserves Increase By $2.1Bn In A Week
Russian international reserves have risen to $381.1 billion. The Central Bank is continuing its policy to increasing international reserves rather than spending to prop up the ruble. The international reserves consist of foreign exchange, special drawing rights (SDR) holdings, the reserve position in the IMF and monetary gold. Unlike Saudi Arabia and China that are … Continue reading
Russia: A Spoiler Not A Superpower (Transcript By The Daily Vertical)
By Brian Whitmore The Russian media predictably went into overdrive with the chest-thumping this week as the country’s forces returned home from Syria. On his flagship Vesti Nedeli program, the Kremlin’s chief propagandist Dmitry Kiselyev went so far as to call the Russian intervention a “victory of good over evil” that returned Russia to the … Continue reading
Russia Has Less Than Three Decades Of Oil Remaining
Russia will run out of oil by 2044, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, with production beginning to decline in 2020. “Our recoverable oil reserves are about 29 billion tons. These are the ones that could theoretically be extracted from the subsoil. Crude oil production (without condensate) preliminarily amounted to about 505 … Continue reading
Russia Continues Increasing Its Exposure To U.S. Treasuries – Two Goals At The Back Of This Operation
Russia continues increasing its holdings in US Treasuries. There are two major goals at the back of this operation: secure fixed income denominated in foreign currency, deepen US sovereign debt. Russia has increased its holdings of US sovereign debt by $4.8 billion in 2016, according to the US Treasury Department. According to the vast majority of financial analysts, the … Continue reading
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