Finnish-Russian trade continues to shrink
Finnish-Russian trade continues to shrink The value of Finland’s goods exports to Russia fell 11 % y-o-y in the first half of the year to €1.3 billion. The slide in exports slowed in the spring, but ...
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WTO panel confirms Russian import duty violations
WTO panel confirms Russian import duty violations A WTO panel last week agreed with the EU’s claim, filed at the end of 2014, that Russia has levied excessive import duties on certain goods. The pane...
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Asia top destination for Russian arms exports
Asia top destination for Russian arms exports The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reports that the volume of international arms sales increased by 14 % in 2011–2015 compared ...
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Russian exports and imports sink below 2010 levels
Russian exports and imports sink below 2010 levels Preliminary 2015 balance-of-payments figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show that the 2010 level was hit in the third quarter in both r...
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Finnish-Russian trade scraping bottom
Finnish-Russian trade scraping bottom The value of Finnish goods exported to Russia in the first nine months of this year was down by a third from the same period in 2014. Despite slightly better pe...
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OPEC+ group agrees on raising crude oil production ceilings; markets down on new information about spread of coronavirus delta variant
Russia OPEC+ group agrees on raising crude oil production ceilings; markets down on new information about spread of coronavirus delta variant The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Ru...
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Rosneft divests its holdings in Venezuela to avoid US sanctions
Russia Rosneft divests its holdings in Venezuela to avoid US sanctions On March 28, Russia’s largest oil company, Rosneft, announced that it had sold off all its operations in Venezuela to another R...
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Russian stock exchange on the upswing
Russia Russian stock exchange on the upswing In recent weeks, the RTS (Russian Trading System) index, Russia’s core dollar-denominated stock index, has climbed to levels not seen since 2013. The ris...
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Russian growth fades, budget spending up sharply
Russian growth fades, budget spending up sharply Total output growth slowed in recent months Based on the monthly estimate released by Russia’s ministry for economic development, on-year GDP growth ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
Russian exports down, imports up in first quarter
Russian exports down, imports up in first quarter Preliminary balance-of-payments figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show that the value of Russia’s exports of goods and services in Janua...
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United States Treasury lifts sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal
Russia United States Treasury lifts sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal On Sunday (Jan. 27) the Treasury lifted sanctions on the energy company EN+, the aluminium producer Rusal and the energ...
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Russian oil fund shrank in 2018, but central bank foreign currency reserves grew
Russia Russian oil fund shrank in 2018, but central bank foreign currency reserves grew The National Welfare Fund, where the state’s excess revenues from oil and gas taxes are deposited, stood at 58...
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In Russian corporate debt increases have occurred in interfirm trade credits
Russia In Russian corporate debt increases have occurred in interfirm trade credits Rosstat reports that trade debt of large and medium-sized firms to domestic suppliers of goods and services has ed...
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Russian GDP forecasts cut after new US sanctions
Russian GDP forecasts cut after new US sanctions Despite higher oil prices, Russian GDP forecasts have been revised down by many institutions lately. E.g. the World Bank's recent Russia forecast ...
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Russian Duma approves new counter-sanctions bill
Russia Russian Duma approves new counter-sanctions bill The bill was introduced last month after the US added new Russian entities and persons to its SDN sanctions list. The version of the bill appr...
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Druzhba pipeline again operating at full capacity since July
Russia Druzhba pipeline again operating at full capacity since July Refinery-fouling oil was inadvertently mixed with other oil in the Druzhba pipeline in early April. The oil was contaminated with ...
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Russian economy projected to see gradual recovery next year
Russian economy projected to see gradual recovery next year Key forecasts see a GDP contraction of 0.5‒1 % this year. Russia’s economy ministry and the Central Bank of Russia see GDP growing by more ...
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China is now the world’s third largest arms exporter
China is now the world’s third largest arms exporter The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reports that the volume of international arms exports rose 16 % in the five-year peri...
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CBR continues to defend the ruble
CBR continues to defend the ruble With the conclusion of the New Year’s holiday season on January 11, the Central Bank of Russia during the next four days sold $2.2 billion on the currency markets, a...
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