Russia discusses how to invest government reserve fund assets
Russia Russia discusses how to invest government reserve fund assets The discussion has focused on investing liquid assets in the National Welfare Fund (NWF) when the liquid assets exceed a tar...
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Chinese premier talks up trade during his Russia visit
Russia Chinese premier talks up trade during his Russia visit The Chinese premier Li Keqiang visited Russia on September 16–18. Russian and Chinese prime ministers envisioned doubling the value of m...
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Implementation of Russia’s national projects plods ahead
Russia Implementation of Russia’s national projects plods ahead Total funding for the 13 national projects is scheduled to exceed 3 % of forecast GDP during 2019−2024. This includes the roughly...
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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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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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Fewer sectors in Russia targeted for direct investment from abroad
Russia Fewer sectors in Russia targeted for direct investment from abroad In recent years, FDI inflows have overwhelmingly focused on the financial sector, the energy sector (basically oil & gas...
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Russia’s hydrocarbon-centric energy security doctrine stresses import substitution
Russia Russia’s hydrocarbon-centric energy security doctrine stresses import substitution President Vladimir Putin last week (May 13) approved Russia’s updated energy security doctrine. The document...
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Russia’s foreign debt up slightly in the first quarter
Russia’s foreign debt up slightly in the first quarter Growth in Russia’s foreign debt basically came from government foreign debt. Russia’s foreign debt is held mainly by non-bank corporations, bank...
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Russia’s car manufacturing industry continues to recover
Russia Russia’s car manufacturing industry continues to recover Rosstat reports that Russian car production rose by 13.3 % from 2017 to 2018. A total of 1.8 million passenger vehicles, busses a...
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Russia strengthens its position as China’s biggest oil supplier
China,Russia Russia strengthens its position as China’s biggest oil supplier China imported 462 million metric tons of crude oil last year, an increase of 10 % from 2017. China’s domestic oil p...
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Russia actively engages in trade with its neighbours
Russia Russia actively engages in trade with its neighbours Although the significance and number of members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have declined, the eleven former Soviet re...
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Rapid growth in use of payment cards in Russia
Russia Rapid growth in use of payment cards in Russia The use of new forms of electronic payments has increased rapidly in Russia, and the Central Bank of Russia has clearly indicated its intention ...
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