Moody's withdraws ratings of Russia, some regions

MOSCOW, Mar 31 (PRIME) -- International rating agency Moody's has revoked the ratings of Russia and several regions, the agency said in a statement Thursday.

The list of regions comprises: Moscow and the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg, the republics of Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Komi and Tatarstan, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Krasnodar and the Krasnodar Region, the Krasnoyarsk Region, Omsk and the Omsk Region, the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Samara Region, and Volgograd.

Besides, the ratings of Western High-Speed Diameter of St. Petersburg and Vodokanal of St. Petersburg were revoked.

Moody's discontinued its operations in Russia on March 5.

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