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Russia appoints new supervision head
A new official has been appointed to run the Russian central bank's Banking Supervision Committee, following the murder of the first deputy chairman a week ago, the bank announced Thursday 21 September, according to RIA Novosti.
Murdered Russian banker may have had phone tapped
The BBC Monitoring Service on Saturday 16 September reported a translation of a story on Russian NTV which said murdered Russian central banker Andrey Kozlov may have had his phone tapped and that up to tem people could have been involved in the killing.
Murder won't disrupt central bank's work-Ignatiyev
The Russian central bank is working as usual despite the murder of First Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov, chairman of the Russian Central Bank Sergei Ignatiyev told Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on Friday 15 September.
Russian central banker died with job unfinished
According to this article from Reuters published Thursday 14 September, Russia has lost a crusading reformer with the death of Andrei Kozlov, who made a promising start to cleaning up Russia's banking system.
Russia's central bank deputy shot dead
Andrei Kozlov, the central bank of Russia's first deputy chairman, died in hospital hours after he was shot on Wednesday 13 September.
Prime Tass to publish Russian central bank data
The Prime Tass economic news agency has won the right to publish and distribute the Central Bank of Russia's periodicals, the Bank's Public Relations Department reported on Tuesday 12 September, quoting a decision of the contest commission.
Russia raises reserve requirements
Russia's central bank has increased minimum required reserves on foreign bank deposits from 2% to 3.5% in an effort to combat inflation.
Living standards and the wealth of nations: successes and failures in real convergence.
Edited by Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer. MIT Press, 2006.
Russia and Belarus ready for single currency
The central banks of Belarus and Russia will be ready for the planned introduction of a single currency in 2008, Russia's central bank chief Sergey Ignatyev said in Belarus on Thursday 6 July.
Interview with Central Bank of Russia's deputy
In an interview published on Thursday 6 July, Central Bank of Russia deputy chairman Konstantin Korishchenko told Prime-Tass Russia's inflation rate is increasingly dependent on international capital flows.
Russia cuts US dollar holdings
Russia's central bank said on Thursday 8 June that it would cut its dollar reserves, while increasing its holdings of euros.
Bank supervision Russian style
The Working Paper "Bank supervision Russian style: Rules versus enforcement and tacit objectives" from the William Davidson Institute focuses on the conflict between two central bank objectives, namely individual bank stability and systemic stability.
Russian reserves hit all time high
Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves, boosted by record world oil prices, have touched an all-time high of $243.3 billion, the central bank said on Thursday 1 June.
Russian central bank to manage state oil fund
Russia's central bank has been given the green light to manage the state's fund of oil profits, the Russian minister of finance, Alexey Kudrin, announced earlier this week.
Russia signs agreement on reserve management
The Central Bank of Russia is implementing treasury and asset management software from London-based Trema to support its reserve management operations.
Central Bank of Russia - Annual Report 2004
According to the Central Bank of Russia's Annual Report 2004, the year 2004 was a good one for the Russian economy.
FATF to look at Russian banks
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental anti money laundering body, plans to carry out a large-scale check on the Russian banking system in April 2007, Russian Central Bank deputy chairman Viktor Melnikov said earlier this week.
Russia-Belarus to have common currency from 2008
Russia and Belarus will have a common currency starting from 1 January 2008, representatives of the Interbank Currency Council said on Friday.
Russia's Tulin set to leave central bank
Dmitry Tulin, a deputy chairman at the Central Bank of Russia, will leave his post on 1 February and join auditing company Deloitte and Touche.
Russia changes gold reserves publication rules
In January 2006 details of Russia's gold reserves will be published on the basis of gold evaluations according to quotes by the Central Bank of Russia, the bank's external and public relations department said.
Russian people keep $30bn
The Central Bank of Russia has evaluated the volume of hard currency accumulated by residents at $20 billion to $30b, central bank chairman Sergei Ignatyev told a session at the State Duma.
Russia says gold policy will change slowly
Russian central bank chairman Sergei Ignatyev said Friday 25 November that any change in the weighting of gold in its reserves would come in years rather than months.
Russia's central bank should boost gold - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia's central bank should pay more attention to gold in its international reserves.
Comment: Russia's reserve management
At a time when Russia's official foreign reserves have risen sharply due largely to increased revenues from oil exports, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has been remarkably transparent how it manages these reserves.