RUSSIA'S RATING WAS INCREASED

A&G Information Services 12-16-2002 RUSSIA'S RATING WAS INCREASED ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, DEC 16, 2002 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- Standard & Poor's (S&P) increased the long-termrating of Russia to the maximum in the historyof our country: in foreign hard currency- to BB,in national currency- to BB+. However, investorshave been always estimating the ratings ofRussia ...