<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOp9bxaB-6s/maria-kolesnikova</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Maria Kolesnikova - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOp9bxaB-6s/maria-kolesnikova</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:57:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOp9bxaB-6s/maria-kolesnikova.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Shortage of Onions Threatens a New Chapter in Global Food Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soaring prices at the vegetable market are threatening nutrition and forcing governments from Morocco to the Philippines to protect supplies.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-24/vegetable-shortage-onion-prices-soar-fueling-global-food-inflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-24/vegetable-shortage-onion-prices-soar-fueling-global-food-inflation</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Agnieszka de Sousa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:01:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4Mf89VmtHy8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4Mf89VmtHy8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Algerian youth onloads boxes of onions at an open market in the capital Algiers on September 15, 2022. - Algeria, Africa&apos;s biggest gas exporter with around 45 million people, earns some 90 percent of its state revenues from hydrocarbons. It supplies around 11 percent of the natural gas consumed in Europe. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan Loses McDonald’s as Russia’s War Limits Supplies]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-05/kazakhstan-loses-mcdonald-s-as-russia-s-war-limits-supplies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-05/kazakhstan-loses-mcdonald-s-as-russia-s-war-limits-supplies</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nariman Gizitdinov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:57:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihfz4W6O8.Bc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihfz4W6O8.Bc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - JANUARY 05: A view of the McDonald&apos;s closed shop as McDonald&apos;s business in Kazakhstan temporarily suspended operations due to restrictions on local product supply in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 05, 2023. (Photo by Rostislav Netisov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald’s Is Abandoning Kazakhstan as Russia’s War Spills Over]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-04/kazakhstan-set-to-lose-mcdonald-s-as-russia-s-war-spills-over</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-04/kazakhstan-set-to-lose-mcdonald-s-as-russia-s-war-spills-over</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nariman Gizitdinov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:01:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icICRQxslxzQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icICRQxslxzQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A McDonald&apos;s Corp. logo is displayed on a box of French fries</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of World’s Top Gold-Buying Central Banks Is Far From Sated]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/one-of-world-s-top-gold-buying-central-banks-is-far-from-sated</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/one-of-world-s-top-gold-buying-central-banks-is-far-from-sated</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nariman Gizitdinov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:11:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury Ride-Hailing App Pivots to Middle East as Lockdowns Bite]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/luxury-ride-hailing-app-pivots-to-middle-east-as-lockdowns-bite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/luxury-ride-hailing-app-pivots-to-middle-east-as-lockdowns-bite</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Bond Market Embraced By Soviet Republic New to Debt Sales]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-29/bond-market-newbie-aims-big-with-plans-for-islamic-green-debt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-29/bond-market-newbie-aims-big-with-plans-for-islamic-green-debt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLB4oDN7gLqE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLB4oDN7gLqE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billions in Bailouts Still Can’t Heal Kazakhstan’s ‘Sick’ Banks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-17/billions-in-bailouts-still-can-t-heal-kazakhstan-s-sick-banks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-17/billions-in-bailouts-still-can-t-heal-kazakhstan-s-sick-banks</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nariman Gizitdinov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:27:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lloyd's of London to Add Women to Governance Committee: Times]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-24/lloyd-s-of-london-to-add-women-to-governance-committee-times</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-24/lloyd-s-of-london-to-add-women-to-governance-committee-times</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:52:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art on the Superyachts: Beware of Wine Corks and Kids]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-03/art-on-the-superyachts-beware-of-wine-corks-and-unruly-children</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-03/art-on-the-superyachts-beware-of-wine-corks-and-unruly-children</guid><category><![CDATA[pursuits]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4VXVVe8X5ZY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4VXVVe8X5ZY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A painting hangs on a wall inside a yacht on display during the Yachts Miami Beach Boat Show in Miami, Florida, U.S. on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The in-water-only display of new and pre-owned vessels, covers more than 1.2 million square feet of space with the world&apos;s most extraordinary and uniquely designed yachts and superyachts.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCA Probing 48 Funds Over Fee-Disclosure Rules: Sunday Times]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-03/fca-probing-48-funds-over-fee-disclosure-rules-sunday-times</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-03/fca-probing-48-funds-over-fee-disclosure-rules-sunday-times</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 10:54:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liam Fox Says No New Brexit Vote Even If U.K. Crashes Out of EU]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-10/liam-fox-says-no-new-brexit-vote-even-if-u-k-crashes-out-of-eu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-10/liam-fox-says-no-new-brexit-vote-even-if-u-k-crashes-out-of-eu</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:23:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Investors Are Dealing With Threat of Russian Debt Sanctions]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/how-investors-are-dealing-with-threat-of-russian-debt-sanctions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/how-investors-are-dealing-with-threat-of-russian-debt-sanctions</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Kolesnikova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:54:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit Is a Buzz Kill to Yield Chasers Who Thought Russia Was Safe]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-04/lawsuit-a-buzz-kill-to-yield-chasers-who-thought-russia-was-safe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-04/lawsuit-a-buzz-kill-to-yield-chasers-who-thought-russia-was-safe</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Doff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 14:01:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Turns Up Heat on Ruble Before Central Bank Has Its Say]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-25/putin-says-russia-will-seek-market-tools-to-influence-ruble-rate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-25/putin-says-russia-will-seek-market-tools-to-influence-ruble-rate</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilya Arkhipov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:01:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Funds Play Vultures With Croatia's Distressed Debt]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/yield-hungry-russians-play-vulture-with-croatian-distressed-debt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/yield-hungry-russians-play-vulture-with-croatian-distressed-debt</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Doff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imDFtFxUBeWw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imDFtFxUBeWw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A view of Bana Jelacica Square and Zagreb Cathedral is seen in Zagreb, Croatia on Thursday, June 27, 2013. The European Union is set to cap nine years of eastern expansion with the July 1 addition of Croatia, which may prove to be the last ex-communist country to join the world&apos;s largest trading bloc this decade. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super-Carry Goes Ballistic as Ruble's Not Atrocious]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-03/super-carry-returns-seen-boosting-ruble-s-appeal-through-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-03/super-carry-returns-seen-boosting-ruble-s-appeal-through-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrey Biryukov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commodities Hiring Spree at VTB Kicks Off in Europe and Asia]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-14/commodities-hiring-spree-at-vtb-kicks-off-across-europe-and-asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-14/commodities-hiring-spree-at-vtb-kicks-off-across-europe-and-asia</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Agnieszka de Sousa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[To See Where World’s Easy Money Is Going, Look at the Ruble]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-11/to-see-where-world-s-easy-money-is-going-look-at-russia-s-ruble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-11/to-see-where-world-s-easy-money-is-going-look-at-russia-s-ruble</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrey Biryukov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irAVu1YmYQNQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irAVu1YmYQNQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Five hundred and one thousand ruble notes are displayed in an illustration Friday, June 30th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Russia&apos;s central bank may struggle to contain gains in the ruble as foreign investors take advantage of tomorrow&apos;s end to restrictions on buying the nation&apos;s bonds and currency. A stronger ruble may hamper Russia, the world&apos;s biggest energy exporter, from diversifying exports from oil and gas. Photographer: J.B. 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