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The price of Urals oil exceeded $110 and then rose to $120 amid a supply crisis from the Middle East.
The price of Russian Urals oil, which the day before exceeded $110 per barrel, has already risen to $120, which, from the point of view of the President’s Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, Kirill Dmitriev, demonstrates the futility of illusory attempts to undermine the domestic economy.
“The world knows that Russia is one of the few remaining reliable partners,” he wrote in X.
Russian oil is reaching new highs amid falling supplies from Saudi Arabia and the growing crisis in the transportation of Middle Eastern raw materials, which cost even more than domestic ones. At the same time, Urals is now quoted significantly higher than Brent oil, which fell in price to $103.5 per barrel on Thursday.

Financial analyst at BCS World of Investments Andrey Smirnov predicts the strengthening of the ruble to 83 rubles per dollar at the end of September. The main growth factors were identified as rising oil prices, a decrease in foreign currency purchases by the Ministry of Finance and the tough policy of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The American investment group Heeney Capital signed an agreement with the Venezuelan state-owned company CVM to invest up to $1 billion in the Choko gold deposit in the El Callao area.

Major importers of Russian oil, including China and India, face 100 percent US tariffs under the new bill. Analysts note the difficulty of replacing Russian supplies and possible attempts by countries to achieve exceptions.

The National Bank of Ukraine increased the discount rate by 0.5 percentage points. up to 16% per annum. The regulator explains the decision by the need to curb inflation, which accelerated to 8.1% in August, and the desire to maintain the attractiveness of hryvnia assets.

Chinese auto giant BYD intends to build four plants in Europe, including three assembly plants and one battery plant, amid new EU tariffs on electric vehicles.

The Bank of England kept its key rate at 3.75 percent following its meeting on September 16. The majority of committee members voted to maintain the rate, while three were in favor of increasing it.