Import disputes in the Eurasian Economic Union
they failed to comply with Kazakhstan’s food safety regulations. Soon thereafter, Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance responded by similar measures for some...
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Russia’s low unemployment partly reflects a shift of dismissed workers to the shadow economy
Russia’s low unemployment partly reflects a shift of dismissed workers to the shadow economy Based on ILO methodology, Russia’s unemployment rate was 5.8 % in April. The unemployme...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
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Stephan Barisitz: The Russian Non-Fuel Sector: Signs of Dutch Disease? Evidence from EU-25 Import Competition No 3 Heli Simola: Russia getting closer to WTO membership – what are the pract...
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Should Be Done? No 5 Laura Solanko and Lauri Vilmi: Globaalit energiamarkkinat murroksessa No 6 Laura Solanko and Lauri Vilmi: The transformation of global energy markets No 7 Andrei Yakovlev: Is t...
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Russian oil production and exports contracted sharply last year
Russia Russian oil production and exports contracted sharply last year Russian crude oil production (including gas condensates) last year fell to 512 million metric tons (about 10.3 million...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Signs of recovery in Russian foreign trade, capital outflows rather large
Russia Signs of recovery in Russian foreign trade, capital outflows rather large Preliminary Central Bank of Russia balance-of-payments figures show that Russian earnings on export...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Low oil prices due to weakened global economic prospects could weigh on Russia’s economic development next year
Russia Low oil prices due to weakened global economic prospects could weigh on Russia’s economic development next year The price of crude oil has fallen in recent months as the pro...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Russian central bank lowers key rate to 9.5 %
Russia Russian central bank lowers key rate to 9.5 % Based on data from May and early June, the Bank of Russia’s executive board concluded on June 10 that a 150-basis-point ra...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
After posting awful April economic numbers, Russia bounced back a bit in May
Russia After posting awful April economic numbers, Russia bounced back a bit in May By practically all metrics, Russian economic activity collapsed in April. The economy ministry e...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Jarko Fidrmuc: Russian Oligarchs and Economic Inequality in Russian Regions: A Quantitative Assessment
co-authored with Lidwina Gundacker (Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen) Abstract This article traces the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia in historical as well as sociol...
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US refrains from imposing new sanctions on Russia, but Power Machines goes on the sanctions list
Russia US refrains from imposing new sanctions on Russia, but Power Machines goes on the sanctions list Last week,the US addedthe namesof 30 persons and firms to its SDN sanctions ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Role of the Russian state in banking sector continues to expand
Russia Role of the Russian state in banking sector continues to expand Three systemically important banks were placed under central bank administration last year. Additionally, a total of 6...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Central Bank of Russia tightens its monetary policy
Russia Central Bank of Russia tightens its monetary policy To tame high inflation, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) on February 11 raised its key rate by 100 basis points ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Russia's Reserve Fund shrank by 70 % last year
Russia's Reserve Fund shrank by 70 % last year The value of the Reserve Fund fell from about $50 billion at the end of 2015 to $16 billion (972 billion rubles) at the end of 2016. The am...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russia announces changes in banking supervision and restructuring troubled banks
Russia announces changes in banking supervision and restructuring troubled banks
The weeding out of weak players in the banking sector has meant that the amount of support funds needed by
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian imports recover to nearly same level as a year ago
Russian imports recover to nearly same level as a year ago Preliminary balance-of-payments figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show that Russia’s spending on imports of g...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
High demand for Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency funds
High demand for Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency funds Some 838 banks currently participate in Russia’s deposit insurance scheme. The arrangement covers the deposits of a private i...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russia dips further into its reserve funds
Russia dips further into its reserve funds Another 390 billion rubles ($6 billion) was lifted from the Reserve Fund in May to cover the budget deficit. The Reserve Fund at the end of May was...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russia seeks ways to reduce grey pay
Russia seeks ways to reduce grey pay Facing budgetary shortfalls, the government is trying to increase revenues also by improving tax collection. Finance minister Siluanov has noted that gr...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russia has yet to see clear upturn in business cycle
Russia has yet to see clear upturn in business cycle Key economic indicators for June and July failed to show a distinct uptick in the Russian economy, even if positive growth is clearly tak...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016