Budget deficits drain Russia’s Reserve Fund
Budget deficits drain Russia’s Reserve Fund In August, the government withdrew 390 billion rubles ($6 billion) in assets to cover the federal budget deficit. Even so, the Reserve Fund still held at m...
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Russia prepares for serious budget tightening
Russia prepares for serious budget tightening The government earlier this month gave its initial approval to the 2017–19 federal budget framework. Finance minister Anton Siluanov said the budget reve...
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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 grey wages ...
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Debate on oil taxation continues in Russia
Debate on oil taxation continues in Russia The finance ministry has prepared a proposal that calls for shifting the emphasis from taxing production and exports to taxing oil company profits. The appr...
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Russia debates course of economic policy
Russia debates course of economic policy The economic council led by the president is set to prepare over the next year a new economic policy programme for Russia that will extend through 2025. The w...
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Russia posts weak economic figures for May
Russia posts weak economic figures for May Several short-term economic indicators suggest growth has not yet returned to Russia. While May industrial output was up 0.7 % y-o-y overall and manufacturi...
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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 valued a...
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Russia’s import substitution commission reviews progress
Russia’s import substitution commission reviews progress At the import substitution commission meeting at the end of April, the commission’s chairman, prime minister Dmitri Medvedev, noted that by no...
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Russia’s services trade shrinks sharply
Russia’s services trade shrinks sharply The value of Russian services exports last year was $52 billion and services imports $88 billion. Services accounted for about 13 % of total exports and nearly...
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Western countries impose more sanctions on Russia
Russia Western countries impose more sanctions on Russia Over the past two weeks, the US, EU and UK have expanded their sanctions regime against Russia (for earlier sanctions, see BOFIT Weekly 9/202...
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Russia sanctions affecting China as well
China,Russia Russia sanctions affecting China as well In the first two weeks after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, China sought to strike a balance with both sides in its political statemen...
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Fixed investment in Russia has grown
Russia Fixed investment in Russia has grown Growth of the real volume of fixed investment, which accelerated in the second quarter, continued its fairly good rise in the third quarter. In second qua...
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Consumption down across Russia in 2015
Consumption down across Russia in 2015 Retail sales volumes fell 8–13 % in six of Russia’s federal districts, a significantly larger drop than in the 2009 recession. Of Russia’s 83 administrative re...
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Russia approves 2016 anti-crisis economic programme
Russia approves 2016 anti-crisis economic programme Over its several weeks of planning, the anti-crisis programme has seen its price tag repeatedly reduced as Russia’s fiscal outlook faltered. Fundin...
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Russia discusses caps on oil production
Russia discusses caps on oil production The energy ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia, the world’s two largest crude exporters, met last week with representatives from Kuwait and Venezuela. They ag...
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Profitability of Russia’s banking sector weakens
Profitability of Russia’s banking sector weakens Growth of Russia’s banking system largely stopped last year and profitability fell significantly. The Central Bank of Russia reports the banking secto...
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Russia continues to accumulate foreign currency reserves
Russia Russia continues to accumulate foreign currency reserves The CBR’s foreign currency and gold reserves have grown quickly this year. As of August 1, the reserves stood at about 520 billio...
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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023-2024 / 2
#Russia #forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023–2024 is published For the first half of this year, Russia’s economy clearly outperformed our previous forecast. While much of the up-side surprise ca...
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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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BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2022-2024 / 1
Russia,forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2022–2024 is published Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having profound impacts on Russia’s economic future. Western sanctions continue to raise both the dir...
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