Crisis in Ukraine: The Fitch View

Fitch Ratings is holding a teleconference to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and the potential impact on Russia on Tuesday 25 March, at 14:00 GMT/15:00 Central European time.

This follows Fitch's revision of its Outlook on Russia's 'BBB' rating to Negative ("Fitch Revises Russia's Outlook to Negative, Affirms at 'BBB'", dated 21 March 2014 and available at http://click.fitchemail.fitchratings.com/?qs=c707b1bdc36dfd4f2b164a9d4eeae313148f99c953212d5f3207d8fa2aa01c01.)

The following Fitch analysts will speak on the call and will discuss how the crisis in Ukraine is likely to affect Russia and entities that operate in, or have exposure, to Russia:

Ian Linnell, Global Analytical Head

Charles Seville, Director, Sovereign Ratings

James Longsdon, Co-Head of EMEA Financial Institutions

Alexander Danilov, Senior Director, Financial Institutions Moscow

Michael Dunning, Head of EMEA Corporate Ratings/ Alex Griffiths, Head of EMEA Natural Resources

There will be time for Q&A. Participants can send questions in advance to claire.dopson@fitchratings.com

Teleconference details:

Date: Tuesday 25 March 2014

Time: 14:00 GMT

Callers must register in advance using the link below and are requested to dial in early:

http://event.onlineseminarsolutions.com/r.htm?e=773025&s=1&k=6CF4E485CC1D17513166E57A1F6B8C11В 

A replay will be available at http://click.fitchemail.fitchratings.com/?qs=c707b1bdc36dfd4f2b164a9d4eeae313148f99c953212d5f3207d8fa2aa01c01, under Fitch Events >Past Events.

Contacts:В 

Charles Seville

Director

+44 203 530 1048

Fitch Ratings Limited

30, North Colonnade,

London

Claire Dopson

Director (Business Relationship Management)

+44 203 530 1405

Media Relations: Julia Belskaya von Tell, Moscow, Tel: +7 495 956 9908, Email: julia.belskayavontell@fitchratings.com; Peter Fitzpatrick, London, Tel: +44 20 3530 1103, Email: peter.fitzpatrick@fitchratings.com; Hannah Huntly, London, Tel: +44 20 3530 1153, Email: hannah.huntly@fitchratings.com.

Additional information is available at http://click.fitchemail.fitchratings.com/?qs=c707b1bdc36dfd4f2b164a9d4eeae313148f99c953212d5f3207d8fa2aa01c01.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:В 

Russian Federation

EMEA Oil and Gas: Winners and Losers in Ukraine Crisis

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