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lancelot wrote: It is not that much a good idea to have the ruble valued too highly either.
Because a scarce and expensive ruble will make it harder to keep government expenditures at a low level and for Russian exports to remain competitive.owais.usmani wrote:Why?lancelot wrote: It is not that much a good idea to have the ruble valued too highly either.
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Why?
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Rostec to launch first unit of Udarnaya power plant in Taman in Jan
17 Jan 2024
MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - The first generating unit of the Udarnaya thermal power plant in Krasnodar Territory has undergone comprehensive testing and is scheduled to go into operation in January, state corporation Rostec reported.
The plant's "equipment operated for 72 hours at nominal capacity, supplying electricity to the country's Unified Energy System" and the "stated specifications were confirmed," Rostec said.
"The Udarnaya TPP project is big and complex. There were substantial changes due to the geopolitical situation, including in the composition of generating equipment. Nonetheless, our enterprises, both builders and equipment suppliers, are meeting this challenge," Rostec head Sergei Chemezov was quoted as saying in the press release.
The 560 MW Udarnaya plant is being built under new generation competitive capacity offtake mechanism. The plant uses the domestic GTD-110M turbine made by United Engine Corporation (UEC), a division of Rostec. The project will earn a return with payments from industrial electricity customers.
The plant, which is being built by Rostec division Technopromexport (TPE), was initially supposed to go into operation in April 2021, but the launch was rescheduled to 2023 due to the reconfiguration of the project. The first unit was expected to start operations in late October and the second in late November.
The capacity offtake mechanism provides for fines for investors if they fail to meet deadline commitments. But for Udarnaya, gradual attestation mechanism was introduced so that it could be launched in stages. "They will generate power from two turbines and build another GTD-110M turbine in May 2024. If they don't build it, then we will take everything that they received for the first two turbines," Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Snikkars said earlier.
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/98508/
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franco wrote:The Central Bank announced a reduction in Russia's debt by the end of 2023, the regulator's press service reports.
“According to the Bank of Russia, the external debt of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 326.6 billion US dollars, having decreased by 57.0 billion US dollars, or 14.9%, since the beginning of 2023,” the statement says. .
As the Central Bank explained, the main contribution to the reduction in debt was made by the reduction in obligations of other sectors on attracted loans, including within the framework of direct investment relations.
“The debt of government bodies was decreasing at an accelerated pace, which was due to a decrease in the volume of Russian sovereign securities at the disposal of non-residents, including as a result of their planned repayment,” the Central Bank added.
https://www-stoletie-ru.translate.goog/lenta/vneshnij_dolg_rossii_snizilsa_na_57_mlrd_653.htm?utm_source=finobzor.ru&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
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It is nice to know that the amount of debt that Russia owes to these G7 bozos is higher than the amount they intend to confiscate.
If they confiscate Russian Central Bank assets then Russia can just renege on such payments.
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Scorpius wrote:Something about the cost of living in Russia. In 2023, my utility bills totaled 692 euros (I counted the average annual euro-ruble exchange rate of 92.8741 as indicated by the Central Bank). Of these, 205 euros is a charge for electricity (2830 kWh), another 64 euros is a payment for the Internet.
Oh, yes. I also paid the property tax. It amounted to about 4 euros for 2023.
At the same time, my income after taxes amounted to a little more than 27 thousand euros. Thus, my utility bills amounted to 2.58% of my net income.
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That is pretty atrocious. I mean I can understand that Canada being more sparse would have higher costs to build a whole network. But countries with similar issues like Sweden seem to have much lower Internet prices.kvs wrote:Kanada has atrociously high cell phone prices. The CRTC is a condom to the oligopoly that runs the show in Kanada.
300 Mbs goes for $90 per month (ignoring temporary discounts) in a big city. I have heard that some remote rural areas
get high bandwidth for less.
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