Russia’s goods trade surplus last year was larger than before
Russia Russia’s goods trade surplus last year was larger than before Russian customs reports that in 2018 the country’s goods trade surplus climbed to 212 billion dollars, or roughly 12 % of GD...
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Russia and China score low in the OECD services trade index
Russia Russia and China score low in the OECD services trade index Russia and China score low in the OECD services trade index The OECD's Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), published ...
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Improvement of Russia's government sector finances at all budget levels
Improvement of Russia's government sector finances at all budget levels Last year saw large gains in federal budget revenues (up 18 %), while tax revenues flowing directly to state social funds a...
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Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year
Russia Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year The finance ministry...
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Much of Russia's GDP growth spurt last spring came from inventories
Russia Much of Russia's GDP growth spurt last spring came from inventories Much of Russia's GDP growth spurt last spring came from inventories Russian GDP grew in April-June by 2.5 % y-o-y....
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Russia has plenty of college graduates, but spends little on education
Russia Russia has plenty of college graduates, but spends little on education Education at a Glance 2017, the latest publication of the education database kept by the Organisation of Economic Cooper...
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Russia introducing new import restrictions on public sector and SOE procurements
Russia introducing new import restrictions on public sector and SOE procurements Russia's import restrictions in recent years have been aimed at supporting domestic producers under an import subs...
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Trade with North Korea has little economic significance for China and Russia
China,Russia Trade with North Korea has little economic significance for China and Russia US president Donald Trump last weekend threatened to cut trade relations with countries that do business wit...
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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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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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FDI inflow to Russia boosted by the sale of Rosneft stake
FDI inflow to Russia boosted by the sale of Rosneft stake Net direct investment inflows to Russia (investment of foreign firms in Russia minus funds repatriated by foreign firms) amounted to USD 33 b...
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Despite stable oil prices, the ruble strengthens and Russia's stock markets fall
Despite stable oil prices, the ruble strengthens and Russia's stock markets fall In recent years, the ruble's exchange rate and Russian stock market prices have closely tracked trends in oil ...
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Fixed investment by Russia's large and mid-sized firms still in low territory
Fixed investment by Russia's large and mid-sized firms still in low territory Rosstat reports that the recovery in seasonally adjusted total fixed investment continued in the fourth quarter of 20...
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Employment in Russia returns to pre-recession levels as unemployment drops to historical lows
Russia Employment in Russia returns to pre-recession levels as unemployment drops to historical lows The 2020 recession was brief and rather shallow, causing the number of employed persons to declin...
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Russia was ranked the 43th most competitive country by the World Economic Forum this year
Russia Russia was ranked the 43th most competitive country by the World Economic Forum this year The annual Global Competitiveness Report released last week included 140 countries. Russia’s ranking ...
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The role of the US dollar as a payment currency is under discussion in Russia
Russia The role of the US dollar as a payment currency is under discussion in Russia According to finance minister Anton Siluanov, the cabinet has taken up discussion of a de-dollarisation programme...
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World Bank Doing Business report shows no major changes in Russia’s business regulation last year
World Bank Doing Business report shows no major changes in Russia’s business regulation last year Russia ranked 51st out of 189 countries examined in the World Bank Group’s annual Doing Business repo...
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Russia restarts gas deliveries to Ukraine; air travel between the two countries set to end
Russia restarts gas deliveries to Ukraine; air travel between the two countries set to end Having received from Naftogaz a $230 million advance payment for next winter’s gas, Gazprom this week again ...
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