Macro advisory in moscow. He said the situation for the russian currency is unique. You should not be looking at it in the same way as if there was a slide in a normally functioning economy or a european economy. The rouble is entirely managed now by the central bank in conjunction with the Finance Ministry, and has been since we last saw the rouble collapse down to about 130 in march of last year. So the Central Banks priority last year was to keep the Rouble Exchange rate high at around 60, because it was tackling inflation, but this year, because of the sanctions impact and because that has led to a big hit on the value of russias oil exports in particular, they have devalued the rouble in order to compensate for that fall in dollar terms. In other words, weaker rouble translating dollars into a higher rouble amount to balance the budget. Thats been the priority this year. It doesnt reflect an imminent crisis. Sort of a broad collapse in the economy. Its the result of the central Ba
For the new season. Erik ten hag says Harry Maguire would be better off leaving Manchester United if hes not confident enough to battle for a First Team Spot at old trafford. Maguire is desperate for more game time and is keen on a move to west ham, but ten hag still belives he can still be important this season. Top centre back. He is the best for england, so why shouldnt he be the best for us . But he has to prove it. And when he is not confident enough to go in and fight, then he has to go, then he has to make the decision. But i am happy with him. Not long to go until the womens world cup semifinals get under way. Australia head into their last four tie against england having beaten them 2 0 away in a friendly back in april, ending the lionesses 30 match unbeaten run. They meet again on wednesday. That was a friendly game, and yes, we do take something out of it. But at the same time, we are into Knockout Games in a world cup, so it is a completely different game, and i think we wa
Convince us men what we have to do and what we dont have to do. Just do it. With me, with fifa, you will find open doors. Just push the doors. They are open. And do it also at the National Level come in every country, in every confederation. Just keep pushing, keep the momentum, keep dreaming. Bayern munich head coach Thomas Tuchel has been singing the praises of harry kane ahead of his bundesliga debut tonight. The german champions are away to werder bremen, with the england captain portraying a positive influence at the club already. My First Impressions of harry are fantastic. He is a top professional. The quality is outstanding and hes a fantastic human being. He is very open, his first on the training pitch, he is open in the Dressing Room. I think he has an immediate effect in the Dressing Room with his personality, with his approach to football, his love for the game. Chelsea have announced the signing of another midfielder. Romeo lavia joins from southampton for an initial 53 M
Chelsea for a british record fee of £115 million. Information released concerning thousands of members of the Police Service in Northern Ireland is in the hand of dissident republican groups. A document posted on a wall in best belfast allegedly shows some of the information from the data breach. The Chief Constable of psni is if simon byrne. We breach. The Chief Constable of psni is if simon byrne. Is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in the is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in the hands is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in the hands of this set is in the hands of dissident republicans and it is a Planning Assumption they will use this list to intimidate and target officers and staff. I wont go into detail, for operational reasons, but we are working around the clock to assess this risk and take measures to met gate it. Sara girvin is in belfast. This is the news that everyone was dreading . Thi
It was a strange experience to be safe and then there is bacteria, they found it in the water. It is kind of off, but what can i say . I have to go with the others. It is only a week ago the first people were moving in. But the same day tests showed bacteria in the water and Council Officials met the contractor operating the vessel and on wednesday further samples were taken and there was a further meeting on thursday and people were moved on friday. People were moved as soon as ministers were aware. No people have had health assessments, there has been no concerns in terms of people that have been on the barge. This was intended to be a big, bold demonstration of the government getting tough, tackling immigration, stopping the small boats. Yet it is starting to illustrate how complicated the issues can be and how difficult it is to find solutions. Itjust seems a mess, everything they seem to do ends like this, where they are stuck by some legislation. If youre going to put people on t