FINANCE:  U.S. Uneasy Over Russian Money
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MOSCOW, Jun 21 (IPS) - Political obstacles could stand in the way of  Russian investment into the United States, analysts say.
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Many investors are in a quandary over how to adjust their portfolios while waiting on the Fedâs next move.
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U.S. ties with Russia are ominously bad. Longtime diplomat Zbigniew Brzenski warns Washington to tread wisely in the days ahead
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An emergency U.S. interest rate cut  last week rekindled perceptions the Federal Reserve has a bias  to protect the stock market, and a French bank trading scandal  has made matters worse.
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Russia faces major challenges to structure the $9.4 billion purchase by state firm Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS&#39;s key unit after Western lenders got cold feet, analysts said on Wednesday.
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ALARM has spread through the Russian investment community as authorities slapped a tax bill of almost $US160 million ($210 million) on the number two mobile operator, in what is widely seen as a government-linked campaign against the firm.
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Short-dated U.S. Treasuries were under  modest pressure on Tuesday as traders, uneasy about the health  of foreign demand, cheapened prices into a $22 billion auction  of new three-year government debt.
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Russian shares on Thursday fell below their level at the beginning of the year as investors took flight at signs of government interference in private business.
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The dollar is likely to drop on concern that international investors are scaling back purchases of US assets, according to a Bloomberg survey of currency traders and strategists.
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An emergency U.S. interest rate cut last week rekindled perceptions the Federal Reserve has a bias to protect the stock market, and a French bank trading scandal has made matters worse.
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The dollar continued its decline in global currency markets Thursday, intensifying worries among some economists that mounting U.S. budget and trade deficits could send the U.S. currency into a tailspin.
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WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday criticised Msocow&#39;s move to take over the main asset of oil giant Yukos, saying the lack of transparency in the process could hurt Russia&#39;s standing in the world economy.
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The record trade deficit, a sign of the growing imbalance of the U.S. dollar against other currencies, raised new concerns about the country's indebtedness.
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The dollar trawled record depths against the euro, hit by signs that central banks in Russia and elsewhere could step up sales of the ailing US currency to buy euros.
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Currency traders have become convinced over the past two weeks that something big is afoot in the global economy. They are not convinced by the sanguine noises coming from the Federal Reserve and think the risks of a "hard landing" in the US economy have risen. But, in a departure from the old wisdom, they do not seem worried about the effects of a US downturn on European economies - rejecting the old adage that "when the US sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold".
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U.S. sanctions against two leading  Russian arms exporters mark a new low in already chilly ties  between Moscow and Washington and could hurt business deals  worth billions of dollars.
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Japan, Britain and the European Union all expressed worries on Tuesday about RussiaÂs actions.