US imposes new sanctions on Russia
Russia US imposes new sanctions on Russia At the beginning of August, president Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing United States financial institutions from participating in new issue...
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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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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 approves laws establishing domestic tax havens
Russia Russia approves laws establishing domestic tax havens Under a package of new laws, Russia will establish special administrative zones on Russky Island next to Vladivostok and on Oktyabrsky Is...
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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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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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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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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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Banking sector conditions stabilise in Russia
Russia Banking sector conditions stabilise in Russia With the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, fears of new sanctions and increased general censorship have caused a scarcity in data on banking ...
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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's public finances in overall balance
Russia Russia's public finances in overall balance Revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local budgets plus state social fund budgets) increased by over 15 % y‑o‑y in the fi...
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Prices continue to soar in Russia
Russia Prices continue to soar in Russia Consumer prices have skyrocketed since Russia’s invasion to Ukraine last month. Import prices shot up with the ruble’s collapse. Prices of many food items ha...
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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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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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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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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’s economy weakened in October
Russia Russia’s economy weakened in October Russian economic growth has slackened since the summer’s brisk recovery, with volatile development across branches. Manufacturing and agriculture weighed ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020