Russia lowers import duties under its WTO commitments, while devising new barriers to imports
Russia Russia lowers import duties under its WTO commitments, while devising new barriers to imports Russia lowers import duties under its WTO commitments, while devising new barriers to imports Af...
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Russia's regional budgets and social funds benefit most from recovery in government budget revenues
Russia Russia's regional budgets and social funds benefit most from recovery in government budget revenues Russia's regional budgets and social funds benefit most from recovery in government...
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This year's IMF Article IV consultation provides important recommendations to Russia
Russia This year's IMF Article IV consultation provides important recommendations to Russia This year's IMF Article IV consultation provides important recommendations to Russia The IMF kept...
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Russia facing harsher economic outlook for the rest of this year
Russia Russia facing harsher economic outlook for the rest of this year The preliminary figures from Rosstat show Russian GDP contracted by 4 % y-o-y in the second quarter. Thanks to strong gro...
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Russia’s federal budget sees exceptional drop in revenues in July; spending continues to rise
Russia Russia’s federal budget sees exceptional drop in revenues in July; spending continues to rise Federal budget revenues in July declined by 25 % from a year earlier. Tax revenues from oil ...
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Ukrainian Black Sea grain shipments resume with UN-brokered agreement between Ukraine and Russia
Russia Ukrainian Black Sea grain shipments resume with UN-brokered agreement between Ukraine and Russia On July 27, 2022, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN signed an agreement allowing resumption o...
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China’s goods exports to Russia decline while bilateral trade deficit rises
China China’s goods exports to Russia decline while bilateral trade deficit rises China Customs reports that the value of goods exports to Russia shrank by 17 % y-o-y in June. In response to Ru...
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Russia’s economic downturn is felt in government budget revenues; military spending soars
Russia Russia’s economic downturn is felt in government budget revenues; military spending soars Nominal federal budget revenues were up by 34 % y-o-y in the first four months of 2022. Revenue ...
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Impacts of Ukraine invasion on Russia’s economy already apparent in March
Russia Impacts of Ukraine invasion on Russia’s economy already apparent in March Rosstat preliminary figures show Russian first-quarter GDP growing by 3.5 % y-o-y. Rosstat figures further show ...
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Growth in China’s foreign trade slowed in March; exports to Russia fell
China Growth in China’s foreign trade slowed in March; exports to Russia fell The latest foreign trade figures released by China Customs show that the value of goods exports in January-March grew by...
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Export earnings fattened Russia’s Q1 current account surplus; substantial capital outflows
Russia Export earnings fattened Russia’s Q1 current account surplus; substantial capital outflows The CBR’s unusually thin preliminary balance-of-payments report shows that the value of Russian expo...
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No growth this year for Russia’s foreign reserves or the National Welfare Fund
Russia No growth this year for Russia’s foreign reserves or the National Welfare Fund Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves experienced gradual growth still in 2021 as the central bank made cu...
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Russia imposes currency controls to deal with the ruble’s collapse
Russia Russia imposes currency controls to deal with the ruble’s collapse Because sanctions limit the Central Bank of Russia’s possibilities to use its foreign currency reserves to support the ruble...
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Russia on shaky ground in its ability to service foreign debt
Russia Russia on shaky ground in its ability to service foreign debt The restrictions imposed to support the ruble and Russia’s financial markets have made it difficult for firms to conduct normal f...
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Life expectancies in Russia up sharply, but gap between men and women remains huge
Russia Life expectancies in Russia up sharply, but gap between men and women remains huge Life expectancies in Russia up sharply, but gap between men and women remains huge Rosstat reports that the...
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Russia seeks to increase food supply independence through trade and agriculture policies
Russia seeks to increase food supply independence through trade and agriculture policies Russia seeks to increase food supply independence through trade and agriculture policies Russia, which has lo...
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Russia's central bank lowers key rate and revises forecast up slightly
Russia's central bank lowers key rate and revises forecast up slightly Russia's central bank lowers key rate and revises forecast up slightly At its regular monetary policy meeting on June 1...
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Despite promising signs, the basis of Russia's economic recovery remains fragile
Despite promising signs, the basis of Russia's economic recovery remains fragile Despite promising signs, the basis of Russia's economic recovery remains fragile Growthin industrialoutput ju...
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Russia has not yet dipped into its oil funds this year
Russia has not yet dipped into its oil funds this year Russia has not yet dipped into its oil funds this year Higher-than-expected oil prices have increased Russia's budget revenues and finance ...
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Russia's government budgets started to grow again; government drafted supplementary budget
Russia's government budgets started to grow again; government drafted supplementary budget First-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget (includes federal, regional and municipal budgets, as ...
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