LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's investment grade credit rating would survive some moderate new U.S. economic sanctions but not ones which targeted existing government debt, the country's biggest banks or crunched energy firms, S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) said on Thursday.
"We think the Russian economy and financial system could absorb some moderate tightening of U.S. sanctions... including on some government debt," Karen Vartapetov, S&P's top analyst for Russia, CEE and CIS said in a webcast.