Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment On Russia Revised To Group 7 From Group 8 Aug 08

Standard & Poors, August 2008

Abstract
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) on The Russian Federation to Group 7 from Group 8. At the same time, Standard & Poor's changed its assessment of the Russian government's propensity to provide support to private sector banks to "supportive" from "support uncertain." Standard & Poor's also affirmed its estimate of the incidence of gross problematic assets (GPAs) in the Russian financial system in an economic recession at 35%-50%. These actions reflect Russia's increased political and regulatory commitment to ensure the stability of the banking sector, as highlighted by the Central Bank of Russia's effective management of liquidity pressures related to the global credit crunch since summer 2007. Certain structural factors also...

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- Russian Federation
- Aljba Alliance
- Alfa-Bank OJSC
- Commercial Bank Petrocommerce OJSC
- International Industrial Bank
- Renaissance Capital Holdings Ltd.
- Bank URALSIB (OJSC)
- MDM Bank (pre-merger)
- ZAO UniCredit Bank
- Surgutneftegasbank
- TransCreditBank
- Russian Standard Bank JSC
- International Bank of Saint-Petersburg
- Bank of Khanty-Mansiysk (JSC)
- Gazprombank
- Bank Soyuz
- European Trust Bank
- Rusfinance Bank
- Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Rosbank OJSC JSCB
- B&N Bank
- VTB Bank JSC
- Promsvyazbank OJSC
- CentroCredit Bank JSC
- Home Credit and Finance Bank LLC
- Troika Dialog Group Ltd.
- National Factoring Co.
- Bank VTB 24
- Rail Leasing
- Investment Company Veles Capital LLC
- SOTSGORBANK
- Krayinvestbank
- VTB-Leasing
- Commercial Bank Renaissance Capital
- West Siberian Commercial Bank
- Foreign Economic Industrial Bank (Vneshprombank)
- Raiffeisenbank ZAO
- VTB-Leasing Finance

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