Eurasian Economic Union agreement entered into force yesterday
Eurasian Economic Union agreement entered into force yesterday The Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan customs union, which was established in 2010, became the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on Thursda...
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Putin and Xi met in Samarkand as trade between their countries has strengthened
the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The topics discussed by the presidents included improving the logistics connections between the countries like construction of a new natural g...
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Russian and Indian leaders meet to discuss economic relations
Russia Russian and Indian leaders meet to discuss economic relations Russian president Putin hosted the leaders of India, Japan, Mongolia and Malaysia at the Eastern Economic Forum on Septe...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Kazakhstan’s acting president Tokayev wins presidential election
Russia Kazakhstan’s acting president Tokayev wins presidential election The tallied results from the presidential elections held last Sunday (June 9) show Kassym-Jomart Tokayev garnered 71&...
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Russia’s population declines, greys and increasingly packs into cities
Russia Russia’s population declines, greys and increasingly packs into cities The UN’s latest population forecast shows the Russian population falling from its current 146 million to 135 mil...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
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
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Finnish-Russian trade contracted last year
The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia last year was just €4.6 billion, its lowest level since 2009. While the value of exports was down 14 % y-o-y for all of 2014, it was down over 20 ...
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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 agre...
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Russia continues to accumulate foreign currency reserves
Russia Russia continues to accumulate foreign currency reserves The CBR’s foreign currency and gold reserves have grown quickly this year. As of August 1, the reserves stood at about 520...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Dollar remains the dominant billing currency in Russian foreign trade
Russia Dollar remains the dominant billing currency in Russian foreign trade The Central Bank of Russia reports that 67 % of invoicing on exports last year was in dollars, 17&...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Russia modifies rules on repatriation of foreign trade earnings
Russia Russia modifies rules on repatriation of foreign trade earnings Russia's finance ministry has sought this year to ease the forex repatriation demands on companies involve...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Russia upgraded
Foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Russia upgraded Standard & Poor's last week raised its rating of Russian sovereign foreign bonds to investment grade (BBB-). The earlier ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues to flame
Russia Gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues to flame Gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues to flame The Stockholm arbitration court ruled last week...
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CBR becomes sole owner of Otkritie Bank
Russia CBR becomes sole owner of Otkritie Bank On Monday (Dec. 11), the Central Bank of Russia announced it had taken control of a 99.9 % stake in the troubled Otkritie Bank. The C...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russia posts record grain harvests
Russia Russia posts record grain harvests By the conclusion of the harvest season on November 1, over 135 million metric tons of grains and other grain staples had been harvested – an all-ti...
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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 Countri...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Rapid growth in Finnish-Russian trade
Rapid growth in Finnish-Russian trade In the first quarter of this year, the value of goods exported to Russia increased by nearly 30 % y-o-y. Russia's total goods imports grew at roughly the same...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Despite falling stock and oil prices, the ruble has appreciated this year
Despite falling stock and oil prices, the ruble has appreciated this year Given that over half of the weight of firms listed on the Moscow stock exchange are firms involved in the oil & gas indust...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
BoF_Research_Evaluation_2015.pdf
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Davydov.pdf
sector faced an extremely high bank failure rate and sizable losses for a substantial number of depositors during the period of our analysis. Almost half of all Russian banks experienced forced li...
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