Russian stocks also tumbled on Friday, with the ruble-denominated MOEX Russia Index falling 1.5 percent and the U.S. dollar-denominated RTS Index dropping 3.68 percent.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attributed the ruble depreciation partly to the new U.S. sanctions. But he added that the unstable situation on developing markets are also to blame.
Despite the volatility, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's financial system is "fairly stable" and it has proved its resilience in difficult times.
Russia's broader economy is recovering from years of recession. The Russian federal service for state statistics said Friday that the country's GDP grew 1.8 percent in the second quarter of the year, up from 1.3 percent in the first three months.
Russia's trade surplus surged 78 percent year on year in June to reach 15.5 billion dollars, the Russian Central Bank said Friday.
On Aug. 5, Russia started imposing additional import tariffs of 25-40 percent for a range of U.S. goods, including road construction, oil and gas industry, metal processing machinery as well as fiber-optics.
The volume of the new Russian tariffs, in retaliation for U.S. extra tariffs of 25 percent on steel and of 10 percent on aluminum starting March 23, will amount to 87.6 million dollars a year.
The United States also seeks to contain Moscow's energy sector, which the Russian economy heavily depends on.
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