Russia: government to support RUSAL facilities

The Russian government does not plan to acquire a stake in the sanction-hit aluminum giant UC RUSAL, but will support facilities of the company so that they don’t stop working, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov declared on April 11. On April 6 the U.S. imposed sanctions against 38 Russian tycoons, officials and companies, including tycoon Oleg…

Russia: Rusal switches from dollar to euro

Rusal has implied an emergency plan and asks its customers to pay in euros, not dollars, thus trying to avoid US sanctions. “The company has started a protection plan, just like Iran”, a source reported. Some years ago Iran used gold, oil and Japanese yen to pay for goods. Several Rusal clients have already started…