Russia’s share of global investment falls sharply
Russia’s share of global investment falls sharply The latest report from the UN agency UNCTAD finds that the flow of foreign direct investment into Russia last year slowed substantially to just $10 ...
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Russia’s public sector planning a shift to domestic software
Russia’s public sector planning a shift to domestic software At the end of July, prime minister Dmitri Medvedev approved a plan aiming at the federal administration renounce foreign computer software...
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Presidents of Russia and Turkey try to repair economic relations
Presidents of Russia and Turkey try to repair economic relations Russia-Turkey relations cooled substantially last November after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet. Russia’s retaliatory measures...
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Russia has yet to see clear upturn in business cycle
Russia has yet to see clear upturn in business cycle Key economic indicators for June and July failed to show a distinct uptick in the Russian economy, even if positive growth is clearly taking hold ...
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EU and Russia decide to keep sanctions in place
EU and Russia decide to keep sanctions in place The EU last week decided to continue sanctions on Russia through January 31, 2017. These sanctions were first imposed on August 1, 2014 in response to ...
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Despite unprecedented budget-cutting, Russia posts large government deficits
Despite unprecedented budget-cutting, Russia posts large government deficits Revenues to the consolidated government budget (includes federal, regional and municipal budgets plus state social funds) ...
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Growth of Russia's defence industry slowed last year
Russia Growth of Russia's defence industry slowed last year Production of the military-industrial complex (oboronno-promyshennyi kompleks or OPK) increased last year by over 3 %, reaching a reco...
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Foreign bank lending to Russia has declined notably
Russia Foreign bank lending to Russia has declined notably The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reports that the total lending of foreign banks to Russia at the end of 2017 amounted to $122 ...
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Russia and the US holding off on new sanctions
Russia Russia and the US holding off on new sanctions Russia has extended the process of handling a draft law that would impose new sanctions on the United States and possibly other countries. The l...
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Latest BOFIT Russia forecast sees gradual economic recovery continuing
Latest BOFIT Russia forecast sees gradual economic recovery continuing The economy recovered last year, with GDP rising 1.5 %. Relative to the swings in global oil prices, the recession was mild and ...
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Muted market reaction in Russia to expulsion of Russian diplomats
Russia Muted market reaction in Russia to expulsion of Russian diplomats Early this week, nearly 30 countries followed the UK in expelling over 100 Russian diplomats from their countries. Many count...
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Gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues to flame
Russia Gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues to flame Gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues to flame The Stockholm arbitration court ruled last week (Feb. 28) on gas transit f...
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Foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Russia upgraded
Foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Russia upgraded Standard & Poor's last week raised its rating of Russian sovereign foreign bonds to investment grade (BBB-). The earlier junk-grad...
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Primary production up in Russia; manufacturing hardly at all
Russia Primary production up in Russia; manufacturing hardly at all At the end of last year, a nearly six-month slide in seasonally-adjusted industrial output stopped. For 2017 overall, industrial o...
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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 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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Central Bank of Russia keeps key rate unchanged
#Russia Central Bank of Russia keeps key rate unchanged On December 16, the CBR decided to keep the key rate at 7.5 %. The decision was generally expected by market analysts. Inflation peaked i...
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EU and US further expand economic sanctions on Russia
#Russia EU and US further expand economic sanctions on Russia On December 16, the EU approved its ninth round of economic sanctions targeting Russia for its illegal war against Ukraine. The assets o...
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