Moscow would like to see more extensive discussion of the problems associated with the rating agencies at international venues, among them the UN, told reporters the Director of the division of economic cooperation of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Evgeny Stanislavov. "There are grounds to discuss this issue with the wider international participants," the Russian diplomat said. For example, he said that as a platform for discussion of this issue, you can apply the UN. "International platforms need to be scaled up, as criticism of the sounds of these agencies not only here, but in the other countries," drew the attention of Stanislaviv. early in the year, the rating Agency Fitch lowered the national chart of Russia to " BBB- ". A week later, Moody's downgraded the chart Russian government bonds to "Baa3" by placing it in a list to change downwards. So, Fitch and Moody's placed the ratings of Russia to the lower level of investment categories. At the end of January, the Agency's