| December 2009 |
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The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank for December 24 is 30.5007 rubles, up 5.68 kopeks, the Central Bank said on Wednesday.
Ukraine has asked Russian energy giant Gazprom to cut natural gas supplies to 7 billion cubic meters in the first quarter of 2010, from 8.75 bcm under the existing contract, a business daily said on Wednesday.
Polymetal, Russia's largest silver producer and one of the largest gold producers, said on Wednesday it had obtained a $100 million loan from Raiffeisenbank to restructure its debt.
A 400 million-euro ($570 mln) contract has been signed for the delivery of Russian MiG-29 fighters for the Myanmar Air Force, a source close to Russia's arms export monopoly told a business daily on Wednesday.
Russia's largest state lender Sberbank has posted a 83.6% year-on-year decrease in its net profit, calculated to Russian Accounting Standards, to 18.5 billion rubles ($605 mln) in January-November 2009.
The Russian industry and trade minister, Viktor Khristenko, who arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo late Tuesday, will discuss trade and economic cooperation with his Egyptian counterpart during the visit.