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Articles with tag "Central Bank"

Russia’s Central Bank Seeks $230Bln From Euroclear Over Frozen Assets

The legal move comes as the EU debates how to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to provide long-term support to Ukraine.

EU Agrees to Indefinite Freeze of Russian Central Bank Assets

The move removes a major hurdle to using the roughly 210 billion euros in Russian sovereign assets immobilized in Europe to support Ukraine.
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Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear as EU Advances Plan to Tap Frozen Assets for Ukraine

The lawsuit comes as the EU moves toward approving a plan to use frozen Russian assets to raise funds for Kyiv in 2026-2027.
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Russians Bring Money Home Despite Easing of Capital Controls, Central Bank Data Shows

This year is now on track to become the first in which households bring home more money than they move out.
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Half of Russians Cannot Predict Household Income Beyond 6 Months – Survey

Half of respondents said they could only predict their family income for six months or less, up from 44% two years ago.
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Russia’s Central Bank to Lift Restrictions on Foreign Currency Transfers

Money transfers by Russians and non-residents of “friendly” countries will be unrestricted starting Dec. 8, the Central Bank said.
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Russians Pour Record Funds Into Domestic Securities as Rates Fall

Net contributions to brokerage accounts reached 872 billion rubles between July and September, up 83% from a year earlier.
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Russia Sees Surge in Cash Circulation Amid Internet Outages and Tighter Bank Scrutiny

The jump is more than five times larger than during the same period in 2024, when cash in circulation grew by 137 billion rubles ($1.7 billion).
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Russia’s Central Bank Plans Firearms Training for Employees

A tender posted this week shows the bank contracting for shooting lessons with automatic weapons at licensed ranges in or near Moscow.
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Russia’s Share of Households With Savings Falls to 8-Year Low – Survey

Only 31% of respondents said they had a financial cushion that would allow them to get by for a time if they lost their main source of income.
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Russia’s Inflation Expectations Jump to One-Year High, Central Bank Says

But a nationwide poll showed that households believe prices are rising far faster than the official figures suggest.
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Russia’s Central Bank Starts Selling Physical Gold From Reserves

Economists said these gold sales help the Central Bank inject currency into the market to support the ruble while easing pressure on yuan holdings.
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Russian Firms Plan Price Increases Ahead of Tax Changes – Central Bank Survey

Businesses plan to lift prices by an annualized 6.3% over the next three months, up from 4.2% in October and 2.9% in September.
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Russian Companies Face Record Debt Burden as High Rates Squeeze Profits – Think Tank

“The burden from interest payments on corporate income is at an extremely high level,” the Kremlin-linked think tank CMASF said.
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Russia’s Economy Could Slip Into Recession by Year-End, Central Bank Warns

A quarterly contraction would mark Russia’s first year-on-year GDP decline since the first quarter of 2023, when the economy shrank by 1.6%.
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Russia’s Central Bank Tightens Rules on Lending to Heavily Indebted Firms Amid Rising Corporate Risks

"The increased buffer will motivate banks to more carefully assess the risks of companies with increased debt burdens," the Bank said.
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opinion Tatyana Rybakova

Russia's Central Bank Has Lost What Remained of Its Independence

Russia's budget is impossible to balance. The regulator just made a significant concession to Putin and the increasingly powerful Finance Ministry.
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Russia’s Central Bank Chief Forecasts Rate Cuts Through 2026

Nabiullina warned lawmakers that premature easing could undo progress and force policymakers to raise rates again.
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Russian Central Bank Cuts Key Rate to 16.5% as Economy Slows

The move marks the regulator’s fourth consecutive rate cut, down from its high of 21% in June.
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Russia Creates Database to Track and Block Cybercriminals

The database is part of a wider crackdown on digital crime and anonymity.
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