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Top White House official on the Russian sanctions to come: ‘We’re not cowboys’

On Wednesday afternoon, just hours before Vladimir Putin launched a long-planned attack on Ukraine, a top White House official joined Yahoo Finance Live to preview the planned sanctions against Russia. Daleep Singh, White House Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, underlined that the plan will be wide-ranging — and that crucial American economic allies will be on board to make the measures stick. His comments echo those made by White House press secretary Jen Psaki Source link

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Why Russian Stocks Keep Crashing

What happened As Ukraine declared a state of emergency in response to Russia’s deployment of troops, Russian stocks declined for a second straight day on Wednesday. As of 1 p.m. ET, shares of: So what It’s no great mystery why. Following a rambling, near-hour-long televised address by Russian President Putin on Monday, on Tuesday Russian troops and tanks began moving into the self-styled “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Lugansk People’s Republic” –… Source link

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Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) – Yandex shares are trading lower amid Russian market weakness following Russia-Ukraine escalation.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine could trigger ‘stagflationary wind’: Mohamed El-Erian

President Joe Biden and U.S. officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken are sounding the alarm on a potential impending Russia invasion of Ukraine. That’s adding to pressure on equity markets, as one prominent economist warns of the stagflationary risks if there is indeed military conflict. “If it were to get worse — which is a big if — a very strong stagflationary wind would blow through the global economy,” Mohamed El-Erian, president of Queens College at Cambridge… Source link

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A Russian attack on Ukraine ‘would be horrific’

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday that if Russia decides to attack Ukraine, “it would be horrific,” and that such a move would result in “a significant amount of casualties,” particularly in Ukraine’s dense, urban areas. Milley offered this grim assessment during a Friday press conference at the Pentagon, where he addressed the latest developments in the mounting crisis alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. While both men insisted that… Source link

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Yandex Cuts Deal Ending Russian Self-Preferencing Case

By Matthew Perlman (January 21, 2022, 5:08 PM EST) — Amid debate among U.S. lawmakers over legislation that would bar large technology platforms from favoring their own products and services, Russia’s antitrust watchdog has entered a settlement with internet giant Yandex requiring the company to end similar practices. The Federal Antimonopoly Service said in a statement issued on Wednesday in Russian that Yandex has agreed to a settlement ending the agency’s case against it, alleging… Source link

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Yandex N : Announces Debut Credit Rating from a Russian Credit Rating Agency ACRA

Moscow, Amsterdam, January 20, 2022 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that the Russian credit rating agency ACRA has assigned Yandex a first-time long-term issuer credit rating of ‘АA+(RU)’ with a Stable Outlook. According to ACRA’s published report, the key rating drivers included, among others, Yandex’s leading position in number of the key markets… Source link

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