Venezuela causes headaches for China and Russia
China,Russia Venezuela causes headaches for China and Russia Amidst Venezuela’s catastrophic economic crisis and political impasse, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim presid...
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Russia's middle class hit by recession
Russia's middle class hit by recession A new Sberbank survey finds that the number of Russians that see themselves as middle class has declined sharply over the past two years. A study from the I...
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Russia shows cautious interest in green financing
Russia Russia shows cautious interest in green financing According to media reports, Russia’s central bank and finance ministry have launched initial discussions on the possibility of issuing green ...
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Russia seeks to renegotiate tax treaties
Russia Russia seeks to renegotiate tax treaties Russia has bilateral tax treaties with roughly 80 countries. These treaties spell out the rules that governments must follow on taxing income transfer...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Russia’s economy weakened in October
Russia Russia’s economy weakened in October Russian economic growth has slackened since the summer’s brisk recovery, with volatile development across branches. Manufacturing and agriculture weighed ...
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Rapid housing loan growth in Russia continues
Russia Rapid housing loan growth in Russia continues The growth in mortgage lending accelerated in the first three months of this year. In March alone, banks granted new housing loans worth a total ...
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Still waiting for Russia’s economic recovery
Still waiting for Russia’s economic recovery The latest Rosstat figures on GDP demand components and imports show that the volume of Russian exports of goods and services recovered from a first-quart...
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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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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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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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Finland’s exports to Russia shrank further
Finland’s exports to Russia shrank further The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia was down 8 % y-o-y in 3Q16, and down 3 % y-o-y for September. Machinery & equipment and chemicals form the ...
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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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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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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'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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
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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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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2023