IMF forecast sees sharp contraction in Russian economy this year followed by sluggish recovery next year
Russia* IMF forecast sees sharp contraction in Russian economy this year followed by sluggish recovery next year The latest IMF World Economic Outlook, released last week, forecasts a sharp three-pe...
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Kyrgyzstan becomes newest member of Eurasian Economic Union; Kazakhstan completes WTO accession talks
Kyrgyzstan becomes newest member of Eurasian Economic Union; Kazakhstan completes WTO accession talks The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which includes Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, welcom...
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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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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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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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Russian economy lost steam in 2025
BOFIT Weekly Review,Russia Russian economy lost steam in 2025 Russia’s economic growth slowed sharply in 2025 with on-year GDP growth of only 1 %. Growth faded last year despite a rapid increase in ...
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National Welfare Fund holds 76 billion dollars; assets expected to rise before the end of the year
Russia National Welfare Fund holds 76 billion dollars; assets expected to rise before the end of the year According to the budget rule, a share of oil tax revenue will be transferred to the fund if ...
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EU import ban and G7 price cap on Russian crude oil enter into force; EU plans further sanctions
Russia EU import ban and G7 price cap on Russian crude oil enter into force; EU plans further sanctions The ban on seaborne shipments of Russian crude oil to EU countries went into effect on Monday ...
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CBR lowers key rate further to 8 %
Russia CBR lowers key rate further to 8 % The Central Bank of Russia surprised markets with its much larger-than-expected 150-basis-point cut in the key rate to 8 % from 25th July. In the ...
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Tainted oil fouls Druzhba oil pipeline
Russia Tainted oil fouls Druzhba oil pipeline On April 19, Belarus reported detecting a large quantity of organic chlorides in the crude oil moving through the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline. Pipelin...
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Russian economy likely to remain in recession throughout 2023
#Russia Russian economy likely to remain in recession throughout 2023 The Russian economy went into a tailspin in the weeks immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and further escalation ...
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Timely CBR support measures avert banking sector panic
Russia Timely CBR support measures avert banking sector panic Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the new Western sanctions that followed threatened to cause a massive run on bank deposits in Russia. T...
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Production and exports of natural gas declined last year
Russia Production and exports of natural gas declined last year The global economic recession caused by the covid-19 pandemic and last year’s warm winter caused demand for natural gas in Russia’s ma...
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Russian GDP contracted by 3.6 % in the third quarter
Russia Russian GDP contracted by 3.6 % in the third quarter Russia experienced an 8.0 % y-o-y drop in GDP in the second quarter as its economy struggled with the covid-19 pandemic and lock...
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Pandemic halts growth of Russian insurance markets
Russia Pandemic halts growth of Russian insurance markets Russia’s insurance markets grew by over 10 % per year in 2016 to 2018. Last year, however, growth was essentially non-existent, due in ...
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CBR keeps key rate unchanged
CBR keeps key rate unchanged At the regular meeting last Friday (July 29), the board of the Central Bank of Russia decided to keep the key rate unchanged. The 10.5 % key rate has been in place since ...
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Sluggish trends in Russian goods trade last year
Russia Sluggish trends in Russian goods trade last year Rosstat’s preliminary breakdown of GDP categories indicates that the overall volume of Russian exports of goods and services decreased by abou...
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Tepid performance for Russian foreign trade in 2019; capital flows closer to balance
Russia Tepid performance for Russian foreign trade in 2019; capital flows closer to balance Preliminary balance-of-payments figures from the Central Bank of Russia show that revenues from exports of...
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Recovery in Russian fixed investment
Russia Recovery in Russian fixed investment Recovery in Russian fixed investment The volume of fixed investmentrose by well over 6 % y-o-y in the second quarter. For the first half, growth was near...
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Russian ruble has strengthened substantially
Russia Russian ruble has strengthened substantially Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, the ruble-dollar exchange rate stood at about 75 rubles to the dollar. The ruble initially p...
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