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Slight downward revisions in forecasts for Russia’s economy in 2020

Russia Slight downward revisions in forecasts for Russia’s economy in 2020 Outlooks for the Russian economy of major international economic and financial organisations have been revised further down...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020

Russia and China conclude cooperation agreements during Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow last week

Russia and China conclude cooperation agreements during Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow last week Most of the agreements are very general in nature and their implementation will require long negotiation...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015

BOFIT Visiting Researcher Programme's application period is open!

<p><strong>BOFIT Visiting Researcher Programme - Call for autumn/winter 2025</strong></p> <p><strong>Application period is open until April 27, 2025.</strong>...

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2025

Russia’s economic growth slows further in August; BOFIT forecasts lower growth in the years ahead

Russia,economy Russia’s economic growth slows further in August; BOFIT forecasts lower growth in the years ahead GDP growth slowed in August The preliminary estimate of the economic development min...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024

Russia plans on increasing government spending next year; fighting inflation could become more difficult

Russia,economy Russia plans on increasing government spending next year; fighting inflation could become more difficult Federal budget revenues and spending set to rise next year Russia’s new budget...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024

Russia continued on a more moderate growth path in July; fixed investment supported first-half growth

Russia Russia continued on a more moderate growth path in July; fixed investment supported first-half growth Russian economic growth slowed significantly in June, but sustained its lower pace in Jul...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024

Russia’s national goals increasingly focus on nationalist themes and self-sufficiency

Russia’s national goals increasingly focus on nationalist themes and self-sufficiency President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to another term as Russia’s president on May 7. He announced the member...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024

Difficult to form a full picture of Russia’s sizeable public sector procurements

Russia Difficult to form a full picture of Russia’s sizeable public sector procurements Russia’s finance ministry reports that public sector contracts made last year under procurement oversight...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Stimulus included in Russia’s 2020−2022 government sector budget framework

Russia Stimulus included in Russia’s 2020−2022 government sector budget framework The finance ministry’s three-year fiscal framework covers the entire consolidated budget. That includes the federal ...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

New information about Russia’s military-industrial complex and its bank debts

Russia New information about Russia’s military-industrial complex and its bank debts Russia’s military industrial complex (Oboronno-promyshlennyi kompleks, OPK), which comprises over 1,300 firm...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia and Turkey want to increase bilateral use of their currencies

Russia Russia and Turkey want to increase bilateral use of their currencies At the beginning of this month, Russia and Turkey signed an agreement that seeks, among other things, to increase the use ...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia’s foreign currency reserves swell to highest level in years

Russia Russia’s foreign currency reserves swell to highest level in years As of end-September, the value of Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves reached 531 billion dollars, its highest level...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia prepares new measures to support firms subject to Western sanctions

Russia Russia prepares new measures to support firms subject to Western sanctions In order to systematise subsidies, Russia’s finance ministry has proposed a legal distinction for firms subject to W...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia and China rise in World Bank rankings; unchanged in WEF rankings

Russia Russia and China rise in World Bank rankings; unchanged in WEF rankings Both annual comparisons were released in October. The World Bank’s survey of 190 economies in Doing Business 2020 shows...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia’s central bank lowers key rate and revises forecasts downwards

Russia Russia’s central bank lowers key rate and revises forecasts downwards On September 6, the Central Bank of Russia’s board of directors again lowered the key rate by 0.25 percentage points...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

China and Russia impose most trade and investment barriers on European firms

China China and Russia impose most trade and investment barriers on European firms The European Commission's Annual Report on Trade and Investment Barriers notes that the wave of protectionism t...

Subject: China ; Kiina

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

Large hikes in revenue and spending of Russia's preliminary budget framework

Russia Large hikes in revenue and spending of Russia's preliminary budget framework In its presentation of the first draft of the three-year budget framework, the finance ministry raised its rev...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

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 ...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

Russia and Turkey celebrate progress in Black Sea gas pipeline project

Russia Russia and Turkey celebrate progress in Black Sea gas pipeline project The new Black Sea gas pipeline Turkish Stream (TurkStream) runs under the sea bottom from Krasnodar to west of Istanbul....

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

Russia to require unique identifiers for many consumer products next year

Russia Russia to require unique identifiers for many consumer products next year At the end of 2017, the Duma approved a law on unique identifier codes for products sold in Russia. At the moment, th...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018