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22.07.2009, 11:35
Car sales in Russia have dropped 55% so far this year, leaving the Russian market only the 5th largest in Europe.
21.07.2009, 16:36
The Russian car market has fallen to a 5th place in Europe and is now behind Germany and France.
21.07.2009, 14:16
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Under a state decision, gas tariffs will grow twice as fast as electricity next year. The lower revenues of power producers may threaten their multi-million investment programs.
27.07.2009, 10:12
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In 2008 Russia’s rich almost doubled their transfers abroad compared to the previous year with overall investment into foreign economies totaling $25.6 billion.
05.03.2010, 18:51
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First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has suggested that that a currency union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus would be "the next logical step."
11.06.2009, 12:29
At the St Petersburg Forum Economic Forum RT spoke with Aleksey Ulyukaev about Russian interest rates and inflation, the Russian banking system and the issue of non performing loans.
08.06.2009, 10:50
St Petersburg’s annual economic forum brought together people from 83 countries. Against a background of global financial crisis, the event had a lower profile - but the debates were more timely than ever.
14.07.2009, 22:08
The Rouble has made its greatest gains against the dollar since March after 8 days of consecutive falls against the Central Bank's target rate and capital outflows from the country.
31.07.2009, 19:11
With the global financial crisis and ensuing economic slowdown passing its first anniversary, Business RT spoke with Evgeny Gavrilenkov, Chief Economist at Troika Dialog about how the Russian economy has fared.
11.09.2009, 16:55
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the Russian economy stabilised in June, showing slight growth.
Published: 22 July, 2009, 13:42
65 years ago the dollar became the world’s de facto reserve currency at the Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire. On the anniversary, uncertainty about the Dollar’s capacity to continue in the role is increasing.
We should not accept a world currency because we will lose our sovereignty as a nation. In the USA, the value of the Dollar has decreased by 96% since when the Fed was created in 1913. Inflation is not good because it punishes saving. Trusting the Central banks is foolish because they benefit from controlling the money supply, not the people.