OREANDA-NEWS. July 7, 2011. International rating agency Standard & Poor's has affirmed its ‘BB+’ long-term credit rating and 'ruAA+' national scale rating for RUSNANO and given the company a short-term rating of ‘B’. The outlook for the company, according to the rating service, is stable.

In the opinion of Standard & Poor's, RUSNANO is one of the country’s primary instruments of economic diversification through development of high-technology sectors. Standard & Poor's also notes that the Government of the Russian Federation approved regular contributions to equity of the company through 2012 and confirmed that it plans to guarantee RUSNANO’s bond issues through 2015, including debt issuance in 2010.