Consumer price inflation accelerated in Russia
Russia Consumer price inflation accelerated in Russia The year-on-year change in consumer prices picked up in December to 4.3 %. In early autumn, consumer price inflation was running at 3.5...
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Retirement age hike approved in Russia
Russia Retirement age hike approved in Russia On September 27, the Duma, the lower house of the parliament, approved the third reading of a bill to raise the general retirement age by five year...
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Concerns over Russia's regional budget deficits
Russia Concerns over Russia's regional budget deficits Regional budgets (consolidated budgets of the regional and local levels) represent slightly over a third of Russia's government-sector ...
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Russia seeks new oil export markets
Russia Russia seeks new oil export markets Russian oil production still showed modest growth early this year, but many of Russia’s traditional customers for crude oil reduced their purchases after t...
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Recovery in fixed investment in Russia slows
Russia Recovery in fixed investment in Russia slows Fixed investment grew by over 3 % y-o-y in the third quarter, down from growth above 6 % in the second quarter. Investment was up by 4.2 % y-o-y i...
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Russia's public finances in overall balance
Russia Russia's public finances in overall balance Revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local budgets plus state social fund budgets) increased by over 15 % y‑o‑y in the fi...
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Russia approves laws establishing domestic tax havens
Russia Russia approves laws establishing domestic tax havens Under a package of new laws, Russia will establish special administrative zones on Russky Island next to Vladivostok and on Oktyabrsky Is...
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Changes is Russia's currency reserve composition
Russia Changes is Russia's currency reserve composition Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves have grown notably since early 2017. They stood at nearly $460 billion at the end of May. ...
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Russia's economic recovery stumbles again
Russia Russia's economic recovery stumbles again The Russian economy performed at least slightly better in the first quarter ofthis year overall compared to the halt of growth in the second half...
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Russia's fiscal sector strengthened in 2017
Russia Russia's fiscal sector strengthened in 2017 Russia's fiscal sector strengthened in 2017 Consolidated budget revenues (federal, regional and municipal, plus social funds) increased by...
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Russia loses more educated people than receives
Russia Russia loses more educated people than receives Russia loses more educated people than receives The Gaidar Institute recently published a review on migration of educated people in Russia. Re...
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Big differences across sectoral contractions in Russia
Russia Big differences across sectoral contractions in Russia Russia’s economy ministry reports that June GDP was down by nearly 5 % on year while April GDP had been down by nearly 3 % whe...
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Banking sector conditions stabilise in Russia
Russia Banking sector conditions stabilise in Russia With the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, fears of new sanctions and increased general censorship have caused a scarcity in data on banking ...
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Russia wants to spur e-commerce
Russia Russia wants to spur e-commerce Russia wants to spur e-commerce The Russian administration has recently been enthused over digital economy and compiled related development programmes, most r...
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Prices continue to soar in Russia
Russia Prices continue to soar in Russia Consumer prices have skyrocketed since Russia’s invasion to Ukraine last month. Import prices shot up with the ruble’s collapse. Prices of many food items ha...
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Fixed investment in Russia has grown
Russia Fixed investment in Russia has grown Growth of the real volume of fixed investment, which accelerated in the second quarter, continued its fairly good rise in the third quarter. In second qua...
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Russia discusses caps on oil production
Russia discusses caps on oil production The energy ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia, the world’s two largest crude exporters, met last week with representatives from Kuwait and Venezuela. They ag...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2024-2026 / 1
russia,forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2024–2026 is published The Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) expects Russian economic growth to begin slowing this year. While 2024 g...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023-2024 / 2
#Russia #forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023–2024 is published For the first half of this year, Russia’s economy clearly outperformed our previous forecast. While much of the up-side surprise ca...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2022-2024 / 1
Russia,forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2022–2024 is published Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having profound impacts on Russia’s economic future. Western sanctions continue to raise both the dir...
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