Moscow Archives - International Finance

Business Leader of the Week: Meet Andrey Melnichenko, Russia’s fertiliser & coal ace

IFM CorrespondentApril 5, 2024April 4, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentApril 5, 2024April 4, 2024

In 2022 Forbes and Bloomberg estimated Andrey Melnichenko's net worth at USD 15.8 billion and USD 17.4 billion respectively, which makes him one of the richest persons in Russia...

Economy Magazine

The ‘Russian Minefield’ for Western businesses

IFM CorrespondentJanuary 14, 2024January 18, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentJanuary 14, 2024January 18, 2024

Just before the Ukraine war, Russia approved measures that could lead to the nationalisation of foreign firms suspending their operations in the country's domestic market...

Economy Magazine

Global economy’s uncertain future

IFM CorrespondentJanuary 14, 2024January 18, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentJanuary 14, 2024January 18, 2024

The West thought of hurting Russia's energy trade, the same resource on which Europe's entire economy keeps running...

Energy Featured

IF Insights: An honest take on the ‘success’ of G7 price cap on Russian energy trade

IFM CorrespondentOctober 12, 2023October 11, 2023

by IFM CorrespondentOctober 12, 2023October 11, 2023

The price cap, imposed by the 2022 end, was seen as an effort intended to reduce Russia's ability to finance its Ukraine adventure...

Featured Oil & Gas

G7 shelves Russian oil cap reviews as prices soar ahead of supply cuts

WebAdminSeptember 21, 2023

by WebAdminSeptember 21, 2023

The G7 countries along with the European Union and Australia imposed the price cap mechanism on Russian oil in December 2022, followed by a cap on fuel from February 2023...

Economy Magazine

Dollar’s kingship under threat?

IFM CorrespondentAugust 11, 2023August 11, 2023

by IFM CorrespondentAugust 11, 2023August 11, 2023

As of 2023, central banks hold about 60% of their foreign exchange reserves in Dollars...

Economy Featured

IF Insights: Black Sea Deal saga threatens to derail inflation fight

IFM CorrespondentJuly 27, 2023October 10, 2023

by IFM CorrespondentJuly 27, 2023October 10, 2023

Experts believe that the domino effect of Russia’s action will be reflected in global inflation which, in 2023, started showing signs of calming down...

Featured Oil & Gas

IF Insights: Have the sanctions against Russia worked?

IFM CorrespondentMay 25, 2023October 10, 2023

by IFM CorrespondentMay 25, 2023October 10, 2023

One of the primary objectives of the sanctions was to limit Russia's access to the global energy market and reduce its ability to export oil...

Energy Featured

Energy crisis: Time for Europe to look away from natural gas?

WebAdminNovember 25, 2022November 25, 2022

by WebAdminNovember 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Amid energy crisis, EU is preparing some 20 floating terminals to process liquefied natural gas from non-Russian sources like US and Azerbaijan into natural ones...