Russia’s creditworthiness battered again
Russia’s creditworthiness battered again Last Friday (Feb. 20), the international credit ratings agency Moody’s lowered its rating of Russian foreign-currency government sovereigns from their lowest ...
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Fitch downgrades Russia’s creditworthiness
Fitch downgrades Russia’s creditworthiness International credit ratings specialist Fitch announced last Friday (Jan. 9) that it had cut its ratings on Russian sovereign debt from BBB to BBB-, Fitch’s...
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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-time recor...
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Russia's economic recovery: waiting
Russia's economic recovery: waiting Rosstat reports that seasonally and workday-adjusted industrial output recovered in March, after a weak February. In the first quarter, industrial output was v...
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Russia revises industrial output data
Russia revises industrial output data Rosstat's 2015 figures for GDP production components were revised upwards earlier this winter, and the 2016 figures were less negative than expected. Both ou...
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Russia hosts African leaders at first Russia-Africa summit
Russia Russia hosts African leaders at first Russia-Africa summit On October 23–24, Russia hosted the Africa-Russia Economic Forum in the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi. Egypt, the current chairman...
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Russia’s economy minister arrested
Russia’s economy minister arrested Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee announced very early Tuesday morning (Nov. 15) that economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev had been detained. It was further not...
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Russia’s banking sector weakens
Russia’s banking sector weakens The troubles of the real economy are beginning to manifest in banking sector performance. While banks overall are still profitable, the number of loss-making banks ros...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023-2024
BOFIT,Russia,forecast,webinar BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023-2024 will be published in Teams webinar on September 14, 2023 BOFIT released its update to Russia forecast for years 2023–2024 on Se...
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Corruption dies hard in Russia
Russia Corruption dies hard in Russia Russia has performed equally worse in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index rankings during recent years. Russia’s overall point score h...
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Capital outflows from Russia paused
Russia Capital outflows from Russia paused Capital outflows from Russia paused Preliminary 2Q17 balance of payments figures indicate that the net private sector capital flow turned slightly in favo...
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EU and Russia extend sanctions
Russia EU and Russia extend sanctions EU and Russia extend sanctions The EU Commission decided on June 28 to keep economic sanctions targeting specific sectors in place until January 31, 2018. The ...
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Russia ratifies Caspian Sea accord
Russia Russia ratifies Caspian Sea accord The five littoral states of the Caspian Sea (Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan) negotiated for two decades on territorial demarcation an...
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Tepid growth outlook for Russia
Tepid growth outlook for Russia The January update of the IMF's World Economic Outlook sees a slightly stronger revival in growth for advanced economies than in its October forecast, but the glob...
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Russia’s economic development has weakened in many sectors
Russia,BOFIT Weekly Review Russia’s economic development has weakened in many sectors Russia’s output growth slowed further in November. The economic development ministry’s preliminary estimate show...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2025-2027 / 2
Russia,forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2025–2027 / 2 The pace of Russian GDP growth decelerated much more rapidly in the first half of 2025 than anticipated in our March forecast. We now expect f...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023-2024 / 1
Russia,forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023–2024 is published Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the economic sanctions imposed on Russia drove the Russian economy to the verge of crisis...
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Economic conditions in Russia continue to weaken
Russia,BOFIT Weekly Review Economic conditions in Russia continue to weaken Russian output growth has stagnated this year even if the economy has not fallen into recession. Increasingly severe econo...
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Russia shows cautious interest in green financing
Russia Russia shows cautious interest in green financing According to media reports, Russia’s central bank and finance ministry have launched initial discussions on the possibility of issuing green ...
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Russia drops in TI corruption rankings
Russia drops in TI corruption rankings The 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International (TI), downgraded Russia's position in the rankings from 2015. This was mostly ...
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