Money / Russian ruble is 43% undervalued – Big Mac Index 
21 Jul, 12:22 PM 47 comments
According to a recent report in The Ecomomist magazine, the famous Big Mac Index rates the Russian ruble as 43% undervalued. A Big Mac in the US now costs $3.57. On a comparative basis in Russia you fork out $2.04.
Politics / Ukraine and Georgia unfit for NATO – NATO chief 
21 Jul, 12:01 PM 53 comments
Neither Ukraine nor Georgia are ready to join NATO, and neither is likely to be ready for it soon, the alliance's secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said.
Russia in the World / Russian commander and US astronaut fix broken Space Station toilet 
21 Jul, 11:14 PM 43 comments
Astronauts of the ISS successfully fixed a broken lavatory that threatened the wellbeing of the 13 people on board.
Russia in the World / Russian oligarch Deripaska wants his case to be heard in Russia, not UK 
21 Jul, 11:05 PM 46 comments
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on Monday challenged a British court ruling that said a lawsuit brought against him by a former friend should be heard there rather than Russia.
Society / Russian Internet users lost $200m in 2008 because of spam – study 
21 Jul, 10:53 PM 45 comments
Russian Internet users lost $200 million in 2008 because of spam, said Alexander Gostev, head of the Center of Threat Global Studies and Analysis at the Kaspersky Laboratory in Moscow.
Politics / Russia may open anti-terror training center in Kyrgyzstan 
21 Jul, 10:52 PM 40 comments
The President of Kyrgyzstan has revealed Russia is about to build a center in the Central Asian country where it will train its military personnel in counter-terrorism.
Money / Russian ruble soars as oil prices grow 
21 Jul, 10:41 PM 36 comments
The ruble has gained the most against the dollar in a decade as oil above $64 a barrel spurred optimism the world’s biggest energy exporter will benefit from a global economic recovery.
| USD / RUR | 29,3897 |
| EUR / RUR | 40,2610 |
| RTS Index | 1533.48 |
| RTS Standard | 9753.7 |
| RTS-2 Index | 1704.55 |
| RTS Oil & Gas Index | 184.42 |
| RTS Consumer & Retail Index | 279.57 |
| RTS Metals & Mining Index | 272.89 |
| RTS Industrial Index | 154.93 |
| RTS Electric Utilities Index | 248.76 |
| RTS Telecom Index | 213.53 |
| RTS Financials Index | 427.79 |