Russia doubles oil pipeline transmission capacity to China
Russia Russia doubles oil pipeline transmission capacity to China Russia doubles oil pipeline transmission capacity to China This week saw the commissioning of the expanded China extension of the E...
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United States revises its economic sanctions regime for Russia
Russia United States revises its economic sanctions regime for Russia United States revises its economic sanctions regime for Russia The US treasury department published an amended version of one o...
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Moderate net outflow of private capital from Russia
Russia Moderate net outflow of private capital from Russia Moderate net outflow of private capital from Russia During thefirst three quarters of this year, the net outflow of private capital from R...
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Corporate profits in Russia decline to more conventional levels
Russia Corporate profits in Russia decline to more conventional levels Based on its recurring business survey, Rosstat reports that net profits of companies in its pool of 48,000 firms were down by ...
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Central Bank of Russia takes over Otkritie Bank
Russia Central Bank of Russia takes over Otkritie Bank Central Bank of Russia takes over Otkritie Bank The CBR announced on Tuesday (Aug. 29) that it had taken over administration of Otkritie Bank,...
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Russia's industrial output recovery varied boldly in recent months
Russia Russia's industrial output recovery varied boldly in recent months Russia's industrial output recovery varied boldly in recent months Rosstat reports that seasonally and workday-adju...
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Russia has the most barriers to trade for European exporters
Russia,economy Russia has the most barriers to trade for European exporters The European Commission published its latest report on barriers to trade in June. The report, which is based on informatio...
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Number of employed all-time high in Russia
Russia,economy Number of employed all-time high in Russia Rosstat reports that the number of people employed in the Russian economy reached around 72.4 million people in June, a slight increase from...
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High variation in growth trajectories among Russia's manufacturing branches
Russia High variation in growth trajectories among Russia's manufacturing branches High variation in growth trajectories among Russia's manufacturing branches Manufacturingoutput overall sh...
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Russia releases 2011–13 GDP figures produced with new methodology
Russia Russia releases 2011–13 GDP figures produced with new methodology Russia releases 2011–13 GDP figures produced with new methodology GDP and its components for the years 2011–16 have now all ...
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Russia’s economic contraction last year mitigated by government spending
#Russia Russia’s economic contraction last year mitigated by government spending Rosstat last week released its first assessment of Russian GDP in 2022. According to its preliminary estimate, Russia...
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Russia launches its own national card payment system
Russia launches its own national card payment system Russia moved ahead with its own card payment system after Visa and MasterCard blocked payment processing for US-sanctioned Russian banks amidst th...
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Russia bans re-export of plant products from Bulgaria
Russia bans re-export of plant products from Bulgaria The ban is designed to prevent imports of EU plant products from circumventing Russia’s ban in food imports imposed last August. The Federal Serv...
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Russia moves to limit public sector wage hikes
Russia moves to limit public sector wage hikes On Monday (Apr. 6), president Vladimir Putin signed an amendment suspending current law on public sector wages for the next nine months. The law mandate...
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EU and Russia squabble over Russian import tariffs continues
EU and Russia squabble over Russian import tariffs continues In late February, the European Commission asked the WTO to assemble a dispute panel to rule on import duties imposed by Russia on paper pr...
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Russia to impose bans on raw wood exports
Russia Russia to impose bans on raw wood exports At the end of September, president Vladimir Putin stated that raw wood exports of softwoods (conifers) and valuable hardwoods (oak, beech and ash) sh...
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Subsidy programmes and rate cuts support bank lending in Russia
Russia Subsidy programmes and rate cuts support bank lending in Russia The corporate loan stock experienced robust growth in the first quarter of the year as companies prepared (for example, by secu...
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Russia prepares to introduce new measures favouring domestic producers
Russia Russia prepares to introduce new measures favouring domestic producers At the end of July, president Vladimir Putin approved a law that gives the government the power to designate minimum dom...
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Russia refining an increasing share of its oil production domestically
Russia refining an increasing share of its oil production domestically While crude oil production increased slightly in 2014 (0.5 %), the volume of crude oil exports decreased 6 % y-o-y. This means ...
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Federal budget turned to slight deficit in 2014 (Russia)
Federal budget turned to slight deficit in 2014 (Russia) Budget revenues increased by 11 % last year. There was a bigger rise in revenues in these nominal terms during the final months of the year, r...
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