Proposal on stricter import control for Russian state-owned enterprises
Russia Proposal on stricter import control for Russian state-owned enterprises The proposal is related to an amendment approved at the end of 2017 that will enter into force at the beginning of July...
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Russian household consumption recovers
Russia Russian household consumption recovers Private consumption began to recover last year, increasing in real terms by about 3.5 % y-o-y after declining by a total of 12 % over the previous two y...
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Another cut in the key rate from the CBR
Russia Another cut in the key rate from the CBR At its final interest-rate meeting of the year, the CBR board decided to keep easing monetary policy and cut the key rate by 50 basis points. Since la...
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Russian foreign trade and capital outflow increased sharply in first quarter
Russian foreign trade and capital outflow increased sharply in first quarter Preliminary balance-of-payment figures from the Central Bank of Russia indicate that the dollar value of Russian goods and...
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Russian export earnings and import spending continue to fall
Russian export earnings and import spending continue to fall Preliminary balance-of-payments figures from the Central Bank of Russia show export earnings from goods and services fell by a third in th...
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Higher oil prices lift ruble’s exchange rate
Higher oil prices lift ruble’s exchange rate The rising price of Urals-grade crude oil since January has also boosted the ruble’s exchange rate. On Thursday (Apr. 7) the price of Urals crude was $36....
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Cheap oil hurts ruble
Cheap oil hurts ruble The recent slide in crude oil prices has again affected the Russian ruble’s external value. The price of Urals-grade crude oil has fallen by nearly 25 % since mid-October. Today...
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Improved profitability of Russian firms early this year gave support to paying down foreign debt
Improved profitability of Russian firms early this year gave support to paying down foreign debt Even entering recession, corporate sector profits relative to GDP in the early months of this year soa...
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CBR lowers key rate again
CBR lowers key rate again Effective Monday (Aug. 3), the key rate was lowered a half percentage point to 11 %. The Central Bank of Russia stated that the weak economy justified a further rate cut, a...
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Tourism accounts for nearly half of Russian services imports
Tourism accounts for nearly half of Russian services imports Services imports to Russia in 2014 were $121 billion or €91 billion (28 % of total imports). The EU provided 46 % of services imports, AP...
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Loan stock growth stalls for Russian banking sector
Loan stock growth stalls for Russian banking sector The stocks of both corporate loans and loans granted to households contracted in the first four months of this year. SMEs, in particular, found it...
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President Tokayev consolidates power in Kazakhstan
Russia President Tokayev consolidates power in Kazakhstan Rising fuels prices at the beginning of January ignited a wave of protests across Kazakhstan. To bring the violent protests under control, P...
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Recovery in Russian output stalls
Russia Recovery in Russian output stalls The Russian economy performed poorly in October. After already contracting for a couple of previous months, workday- and seasonally-adjusted industrial outpu...
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Wages in Russian industry recover to pre-recession top levels
Russia,economy Wages in Russian industry recover to pre-recession top levels Between 2014 and mid-2016, wages in Russian industry declined relative to many countries on the ruble's sharp devalua...
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Increase in area of land classed as Russian arctic – with much less budget funding
Russia,economy Increase in area of land classed as Russian arctic – with much less budget funding At end-June, the northern and northeastern parts of the Karelian Autonomous Republic were recognized...
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Russian federal budget revenues and spending recover, but are still at a low level
Russia Russian federal budget revenues and spending recover, but are still at a low level Russian federal budget revenues and spending recover, but are still at a low level Second-quarter revenues ...
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Russian GDP growth remains positive
Russian GDP growth remains positive Rosstat's first estimate shows 0.5 % y-o-y GDP growth in the first quarter. The growth pace supports earlier reports from the economy ministry and central bank...
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Russian central bank lowers key rate again
Russian central bank lowers key rate again At its regular meeting on April 28, the Central Bank of Russia Board decided to lower the key rate by 50 basis points to 9.25 %, effective May 2. The CBR ju...
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Slight reduction in foreign debt of Russian banks and other firms
Slight reduction in foreign debt of Russian banks and other firms Preliminary CBR figures show companies and banks in Russia (Russian and foreign-owned) owed $470 billion (€446 billion) in foreign de...
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Russian employment numbers rose, while unpaid leave and part-time work increased
Russian employment numbers rose, while unpaid leave and part-time work increased Despite recession, Rosstat’s employment survey finds the number of people employed declined just modestly in 2015 and ...
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