Russia’s economic growth has continued, though slowing a bit
Russia Russia’s economic growth has continued, though slowing a bit While the on-year September increases in most sectors of the Russian economy were notably high, the economic development ministry ...
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Russia's development plans are complemented with strategic initiatives
Russia Russia's development plans are complemented with strategic initiatives Russia’s long-term economic policy is based on the National Goals for 2030 announced by president Putin in July 2020...
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Russia approves anti-corruption plan for 2021−2024
Russia Russia approves anti-corruption plan for 2021−2024 In August, president Vladimir Putin issued a decree requiring numerous authorities at the federal, regional and municipal levels to adjust t...
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Russia’s working-age population continues to decline despite immigration
Russia’s working-age population continues to decline despite immigration Rosstat estimates that Russia’s population at the start of 2016 was 146.5 million people. This includes the addition of the 2....
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Russia’s banking laws now meet Basel III criteria
Russia’s banking laws now meet Basel III criteria The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, which operates under the Bank for International Settlements, reports that Russia is compliant with the B...
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High demand for Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency funds
High demand for Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency funds Some 838 banks currently participate in Russia’s deposit insurance scheme. The arrangement covers the deposits of a private individual up to 1....
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Russia’s fixed investment structure continued to shift last year
Russia’s fixed investment structure continued to shift last year After declining 1.5 % in 2014, the volume of fixed capital investment in the Russian economy declined by over 8 % last year. Rosstat e...
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Finland’s trade with Russia declined sharply last year
Finland’s trade with Russia declined sharply last year The contraction reflects mainly lower oil prices, weak Russian demand and the ruble’s devaluation. EU-imposed sanctions on trade with Russia hav...
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Russia’s disputes with neighbours complicate road transport
Russia’s disputes with neighbours complicate road transport With the closure of routes through Ukraine and Poland, Russian lorries have currently practically no land connection to Central Europe. Rus...
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Russia’s foreign goods trade recovered; corporate capital outflow rose
Russia Russia’s foreign goods trade recovered; corporate capital outflow rose As expected, preliminary balance-of-payments figures from the Central Bank of Russia show that export revenues and impor...
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BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2021–2023 / 2
Russia,China,forecast Forecast for Russia Forecast for China https://youtu.be/hHBfFr4p68I https://youtu.be/w2tc4f0jDvc BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2021–2023 russia The forecast for the ...
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BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2021–2023
Russia,China,forecast BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2021–2023 russia We have raised our economic forecast for Russia from last autumn to reflect the rise of oil prices and price expectations....
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BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2020–2022
Russia,China,forecast BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2020–2022 Russia With the coronavirus pandemic and drop in global commodity prices proving more severe than foreseen in the baseline of our...
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BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2019–2021
Russia,China,forecast BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2019–2021 RUSSIA Russian economic growth gathered steam in 2018. Rising oil prices and ruble depreciation combined to boost budget revenues...
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Russia has a large, but relatively poor, middle class
Russia Russia has a large, but relatively poor, middle class Alfa Bank, Russia’s largest private commercial bank, has released a study claiming that 30 % of the Russian population, about 43 mil...
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International Monetary Fund lowers growth forecast for Russia
Russia International Monetary Fund lowers growth forecast for Russia The IMF’s July update to its World Economic Outlook revise the forecast for Russia’s projected 2019 growth down from 1.6 % i...
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Increase in outflows of private capital from Russia
Russia Increase in outflows of private capital from Russia Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that Russia’s net private-sector capital outflow went on in the second quarter. The net outflo...
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Russia’s population declines, greys and increasingly packs into cities
Russia Russia’s population declines, greys and increasingly packs into cities The UN’s latest population forecast shows the Russian population falling from its current 146 million to 135 million by ...
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Russia suspends flights to Georgia after July 8
Russia Russia suspends flights to Georgia after July 8 Last Friday (Jun. 21), President Vladimir Putin signed a decree suspending direct flights between Russia and Georgia citing heightened security...
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Russia’s labour force shrinks along with unemployment
Russia Russia’s labour force shrinks along with unemployment Rosstat’s latest labour market survey, which is based on the methodology of the International Labour Organization (ILO), finds that the e...
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