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(Reuters) -New U.S. sanctions against Russia have forced an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros on its leading financial marketplace, the Moscow Exchange. The exchange and the ...
The court would then order for compensation to be transferred in the form of U.S. assets or property in Russia from a list that would be drawn up by Russia's government commission on foreign asset ...
The five-year CDS probability of default for five of Russia's largest stocks has surged to more than 80% from a pre-war level of just 20%.
The order prohibits all new investment in Russia by Americans, regardless of where they are based. Although President Biden does not define the term "investment" in the order, the OFAC has construed it broadly in previous contexts to encompass any transaction involving a promise or transfer of monies or other assets, or a loan or other extension of credit to an enterprise.
A Foreign Policy Concept approved by president Vladimir Putin in 2023 identified Russia as a Eurasian civilization state; aligning the country more closely with Asia, the Islamic world, Africa, Latin America, and rest of the Global South, and seeking the end of Western hegemony in the international order. [1]
In August 2008, United States-Russia bilateral relations became further strained, when Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war over the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. President Bush said to Russia, "Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century." [64]
The Russian stock market is called the Moscow Exchange. The MOEX Russia Index is an ETF that tracks the Moscow Exchange. As of June 26, 2022, this fund was down 37.45% in the past year.
The foreign relations of the Russian Federation is the policy arm of the government of Russia which guides its interactions with other nations, their citizens, and foreign organizations. This article covers the foreign policy of the Russian Federation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991.