Russia

On October 27, we highlighted the potential for a systemic crisis in the Russian banking system, which in turn would cascade through the entire economy (see Banking Sector: Potential... 2008-11-13

The Central Bank of Russia 's unexpected 1% devaluation of the rouble (versus its US$/EUR basket) on November 11 has prompted us to reassess our negative currency view. While the... 2008-11-12

At first glance, there appears little to like about Venezuelan debt right now. The sovereign remains one of the riskiest plays in Latin America, especially given that Brent crude... 2008-11-12

Just after midnight on November 10, ratings agency Fitch downgraded its sovereign ratings for Bulgaria ('BBB-'), Hungary ('BBB'), Kazakhstan ('BBB-') and Romania ('BB+'), while... 2008-11-10

The implementation of a long-mooted Russian government strategy to provide direct support to the equity market has resulted in a significant boost to the benchmark RTS stock index.... 2008-11-04

Three-month aluminium has come off by approximately 35% since peaking in July, and looks set for further losses. The metal is curently trading at US$2,136/tonne, recently breaking... 2008-10-21

Our view that government deposit protection measures and banking sector bail-out packages in the US and eurozone would fail to have a marked effect on Russian financial markets is... 2008-10-17

BMI 's emerging Europe team recently attended a major banking sector conference in Budapest, where we presented our views on the stability of the credit industry and regional economic... 2008-10-13

The financial markets crisis in Russia has accentuated the downside risks to economic growth through the medium term. We no longer expect real GDP expansion to accelerate this year... 2008-09-25

The Russian government announced a package of emergency measures on September 19 designed to prop up the stability of the country's faltering financial markets. The measures follow... 2008-09-19