Changes is Russia's currency reserve composition
Russia Changes is Russia's currency reserve composition Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves have grown notably since early 2017. They stood at nearly $460 billion at the end of May. ...
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Russia's economic recovery stumbles again
Russia Russia's economic recovery stumbles again The Russian economy performed at least slightly better in the first quarter ofthis year overall compared to the halt of growth in the second half...
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Russia's fiscal sector strengthened in 2017
Russia Russia's fiscal sector strengthened in 2017 Russia's fiscal sector strengthened in 2017 Consolidated budget revenues (federal, regional and municipal, plus social funds) increased by...
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Russia loses more educated people than receives
Russia Russia loses more educated people than receives Russia loses more educated people than receives The Gaidar Institute recently published a review on migration of educated people in Russia. Re...
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Concerns over Russia's regional budget deficits
Russia Concerns over Russia's regional budget deficits Regional budgets (consolidated budgets of the regional and local levels) represent slightly over a third of Russia's government-sector ...
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Russia depletes its second oil fund
Russia Russia depletes its second oil fund The remaining assets of the Reserve Fund, about 17 billion dollars (1 trillion rubles) were allocated in December to cover the federal budget shortfall. As...
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Recovery in fixed investment in Russia slows
Russia Recovery in fixed investment in Russia slows Fixed investment grew by over 3 % y-o-y in the third quarter, down from growth above 6 % in the second quarter. Investment was up by 4.2 % y-o-y i...
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Russia posts uneven economic performance in September
Russia Russia posts uneven economic performance in September Russia posts uneven economic performance in September On the consumption side, the recovery seemed to strengthen, with retail sales risi...
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Russia wants to spur e-commerce
Russia Russia wants to spur e-commerce Russia wants to spur e-commerce The Russian administration has recently been enthused over digital economy and compiled related development programmes, most r...
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Rapid growth in Finland-Russia trade
Russia Rapid growth in Finland-Russia trade The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia inthe second quarter rose 13 % y-o-y. Export growth faded in the spring, but picked up steam in May and June....
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Significant weakening of Russia’s government finances
#russia Significant weakening of Russia’s government finances Budget revenues declined while spending still increased even after a pull-back Russia’s government budget revenues have slipped in recen...
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Sharp drop in births in Russia
Russia Sharp drop in births in Russia Therewere fewer than 1.7 million live births in Russia last year, a drop of 200,000 births from 2016. Last time such a drop in births was seen in early 1990s af...
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Russia prepares to raise public sector wages
Russia prepares to raise public sector wages Russia prepares to raise public sector wages President Vladimir Putin recently proposed that wages funded out of public sector budgets should be raised a...
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Finland’s trade with Russia has collapsed
Russia Finland’s trade with Russia has collapsed The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia in September fell by 76 % y-o-y to just 80 million euros. It was the lowest value in exports to Rus...
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Russia and Turkey limit bilateral food trade
Russia and Turkey limit bilateral food trade In mid-March, Turkey ceased allowing duty-free imports of certain food items from Russia. Wheat and corn imports from Russia were the most affected items....
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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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Finland’s exports to Russia shrank further
Finland’s exports to Russia shrank further The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia was down 8 % y-o-y in 3Q16, and down 3 % y-o-y for September. Machinery & equipment and chemicals form the ...
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Employment in Russia has continued to rise
Russia Employment in Russia has continued to rise Rosstat’s second-quarter labour force survey finds that the number of employed persons rose further on-year despite the economic downturn. On the ot...
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Russia seeks new oil export markets
Russia Russia seeks new oil export markets Russian oil production still showed modest growth early this year, but many of Russia’s traditional customers for crude oil reduced their purchases after t...
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Big differences across sectoral contractions in Russia
Russia Big differences across sectoral contractions in Russia Russia’s economy ministry reports that June GDP was down by nearly 5 % on year while April GDP had been down by nearly 3 % whe...
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