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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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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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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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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Transit shipments through Finland to Russia contracted sharply last year, while transit freight from Russia rose
Transit shipments through Finland to Russia contracted sharply last year, while transit freight from Russia rose The value of transit freight to Russia via Finland contracted last year by over a fift...
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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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Concerns emerge over Russia’s slowing growth
russia,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Concerns emerge over Russia’s slowing growth Rosstat this week affirmed its preliminary first-quarter GDP growth estimate of 1.4 % y-o-y, bolstering the view that ...
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Russia lays out hydrocarbon-based energy strategy
Russia,energy,economy Russia lays out hydrocarbon-based energy strategy The Russian government prepares a national energy strategy at regular intervals. The 2009 strategy paper, which covered the p...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2024-2026 / 2
<p>The latest forecast from BOFIT, the Bank of Finland’s Institute for Emerging Economies, sees Russian economic growth this year exceeding its previous estimate made last April. The higher 2024...
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Sanctions on Russia further tightened in June
Russia Sanctions on Russia further tightened in June The European Union, United States and United Kingdom expanded their economic sanctions on Russia in June. The new round of sanctions are intended...
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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 tries to strengthen import substitution policy
Russia Russia tries to strengthen import substitution policy In February, Russia’s ministry of industry and trade released a draft decree which would limit public procurement. The decree would requi...
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Russia’s goods trade stays rather flat
Russia Russia’s goods trade stays rather flat . According to Russian customs service, the dollar value of Russian goods imports in the second quarter declined by 3 % y-o-y. The earlier sha...
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Russia’s economic growth remained slow
Russia Russia’s economic growth remained slow The preliminary Rosstat figure shows Russian second-quarter GDP growth was 0.9 % y-o-y. When combined with first-quarter GDP growth of 0.5 %, first...
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Finnish exports to Russia slackened last year
Russia Finnish exports to Russia slackened last year The trend in Finnish-Russian trade last year reflected Russian foreign trade generally. Due in part to ruble depreciation, Russians cut back on t...
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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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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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018