Russia’s goods trade surplus last year was larger than before
Russia Russia’s goods trade surplus last year was larger than before Russian customs reports that in 2018 the country’s goods trade surplus climbed to 212 billion dollars, or roughly 12 % of GD...
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Central Bank of Russia resumes forex-buying mandated by fiscal rule
Russia Central Bank of Russia resumes forex-buying mandated by fiscal rule On January 15, the Central Bank restarted its foreign currency buying tied to the government’s fiscal rule after a five mon...
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Russia rises to 75th place in the World Bank's logistics performance ranking for 2018
Russia Russia rises to 75th place in the World Bank's logistics performance ranking for 2018 The survey-based Logistics Performance Index (LPI) covered 160 countries this year. Russia's scor...
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Russia’s current account surplus contracted in the third quarter of this year
Russia Russia’s current account surplus contracted in the third quarter of this year Preliminary balance-of-payments figures from the Central Bank of Russia show that earnings on exports of goods an...
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Government fixed investment soars in Russia as corporate fixed investment remains weak
Russia Government fixed investment soars in Russia as corporate fixed investment remains weak Rosstat reports that fixed investment rose in real terms as much as by 4 % y-o-y in the second quar...
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Improvement of Russia's government sector finances at all budget levels
Improvement of Russia's government sector finances at all budget levels Last year saw large gains in federal budget revenues (up 18 %), while tax revenues flowing directly to state social funds a...
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US refrains from imposing new sanctions on Russia, but Power Machines goes on the sanctions list
Russia US refrains from imposing new sanctions on Russia, but Power Machines goes on the sanctions list Last week,the US addedthe namesof 30 persons and firms to its SDN sanctions list imposed on Ru...
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Ukrainian Black Sea grain shipments resume with UN-brokered agreement between Ukraine and Russia
Russia Ukrainian Black Sea grain shipments resume with UN-brokered agreement between Ukraine and Russia On July 27, 2022, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN signed an agreement allowing resumption o...
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Russia’s economic downturn is felt in government budget revenues; military spending soars
Russia Russia’s economic downturn is felt in government budget revenues; military spending soars Nominal federal budget revenues were up by 34 % y-o-y in the first four months of 2022. Revenue ...
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Impacts of Ukraine invasion on Russia’s economy already apparent in March
Russia Impacts of Ukraine invasion on Russia’s economy already apparent in March Rosstat preliminary figures show Russian first-quarter GDP growing by 3.5 % y-o-y. Rosstat figures further show ...
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Growth in China’s foreign trade slowed in March; exports to Russia fell
China Growth in China’s foreign trade slowed in March; exports to Russia fell The latest foreign trade figures released by China Customs show that the value of goods exports in January-March grew by...
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Export earnings fattened Russia’s Q1 current account surplus; substantial capital outflows
Russia Export earnings fattened Russia’s Q1 current account surplus; substantial capital outflows The CBR’s unusually thin preliminary balance-of-payments report shows that the value of Russian expo...
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The fastest recovery phase for Russia's government budgets is over
Russia The fastest recovery phase for Russia's government budgets is over The fastest recovery phase for Russia's government budgets is over The recovery of revenues to the consolidated bud...
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Russia's 2018−20 monetary policy guidelines stress the role of inflation expectations
Russia's 2018−20 monetary policy guidelines stress the role of inflation expectations The Central Bank of Russia reaffirmed its inflation target of "close to 4 %" a year on average. The...
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CEFC China Energy actively investing in Russia, but goods trade remains the focus of economic relations
Russia CEFC China Energy actively investing in Russia, but goods trade remains the focus of economic relations An under-the-radar Chinese firm, CEFC China Energy, which had never invested earlier in...
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Russia ranks higher in World Bank Doing Business survey than in most comparisons
Russia ranks higher in World Bank Doing Business survey than in most comparisons The World Bank's latest Doing Business international comparison of regulatory environments ranks Russia 35th out o...
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Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year
Russia Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year The finance ministry...
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Much of Russia's GDP growth spurt last spring came from inventories
Russia Much of Russia's GDP growth spurt last spring came from inventories Much of Russia's GDP growth spurt last spring came from inventories Russian GDP grew in April-June by 2.5 % y-o-y....
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Russia has plenty of college graduates, but spends little on education
Russia Russia has plenty of college graduates, but spends little on education Education at a Glance 2017, the latest publication of the education database kept by the Organisation of Economic Cooper...
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Russia introducing new import restrictions on public sector and SOE procurements
Russia introducing new import restrictions on public sector and SOE procurements Russia's import restrictions in recent years have been aimed at supporting domestic producers under an import subs...
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