Russia’s finance ministry issues 250 billion rubles worth of domestic bonds in first quarter
Russia’s finance ministry issues 250 billion rubles worth of domestic bonds in first quarter For the first time since 2011, the latest government domestic bond issues have been almost fully subscrib...
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Latest BOFIT forecast for Russia sees economy and imports still contracting further this year
Latest BOFIT forecast for Russia sees economy and imports still contracting further this year With the price of oil down by about 50 % in the second half of 2014, domestic demand, including private c...
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Protests lead to concessions in Russia’s new road fee system
Protests lead to concessions in Russia’s new road fee system Russia last November introduced its Platon system of fees for heavy vehicles using federal-level highways. Platon’s purpose is to collect ...
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Reduced revenues and higher spending caused Russia’s government budget sector deficit to deepen
Reduced revenues and higher spending caused Russia’s government budget sector deficit to deepen Revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and municipal budgets, plus state social fund bu...
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Russia-US economic relations unlikely to improve under the new US administration
Russia Russia-US economic relations unlikely to improve under the new US administration The long-prevailing modest state of economic relations between Russia and the United States has been further c...
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Even confirmed coronavirus infections soar in Russia, officials remain cautious about imposing new restrictive measures
Russia Even confirmed coronavirus infections soar in Russia, officials remain cautious about imposing new restrictive measures The number of new confirmed covid-19 infections in Russia has risen cle...
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Russia to rein in government budget spending in coming years to deal with deficit
Russia Russia to rein in government budget spending in coming years to deal with deficit The finance ministry just released its government sector finances framework for 2021−2023. The plan covers th...
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Central Bank of Russia keeps its key rate unchanged; previews monetary policy guidelines for 2021–2023
Russia Central Bank of Russia keeps its key rate unchanged; previews monetary policy guidelines for 2021–2023 At its scheduled meeting on September 18, the CBR decided to leave the key rate unchange...
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Covid-19 crisis has increased broad unemployment and part-time employment in Russia
Russia Covid-19 crisis has increased broad unemployment and part-time employment in Russia Using the methodology of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Rosstat’s latest survey of the labour...
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Russia’s National Welfare Fund swells; CBR forex and gold reserves hit record high in August
Russia Russia’s National Welfare Fund swells; CBR forex and gold reserves hit record high in August At the end of August, the National Welfare Fund (NWF), which has been built up from taxing the ene...
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State support scheme boosts demand for new housing loans in Russia
Russia State support scheme boosts demand for new housing loans in Russia Issuance of new housing loans cratered in April and May due to the coronavirus lockdown. The volume of new housing loans iss...
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Russia’s federal budget revenues declined especially in May and June, but spending climbed up
Russia Russia’s federal budget revenues declined especially in May and June, but spending climbed up For the May-June period, federal budget revenues from oil & gas production taxes and export d...
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Increase in debt restructuring and postponed repayment of corporate loans in Russia
Russia Increase in debt restructuring and postponed repayment of corporate loans in Russia The stock of bank lending to non-financial corporations increased rapidly in late March and early April. In...
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Russia's constitutional reforms gained majority support in referendum as expected
Russia Russia's constitutional reforms gained majority support in referendum as expected Russia postponed its referendum on constitutional changes from late April to last Wednesday (July 1) due ...
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Slight downward revisions in forecasts for Russia’s economy in 2020
Russia Slight downward revisions in forecasts for Russia’s economy in 2020 Outlooks for the Russian economy of major international economic and financial organisations have been revised further down...
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Measured in dollars, Russia’s average wage declined over 30 % last year
Measured in dollars, Russia’s average wage declined over 30 % last year Preliminary data show the average monthly wage in Russia in 2015 was 34,000 rubles ($560, €500). Nominal wages increased 4.5 % ...
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Capital flows between Russia and the rest of the world remarkably small
Capital flows between Russia and the rest of the world remarkably small Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that the net outflow of private capital fell in 2015. This was despite banks payi...
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Separate development plan approved for areas near Chinese border in Russia’s Far East regions
Separate development plan approved for areas near Chinese border in Russia’s Far East regions In recent years, Russia has focused greater attention on its Far Eastern regions, but despite development...
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Russia’s consolidated budget deficit fairly small so far this year
Russia’s consolidated budget deficit fairly small so far this year The consolidated budget (which combines federal, regional and municipal budgets, plus state social funds) showed a January-September...
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Finnish investment in Russia continues to heavily exceed Russian investment in Finland
Finnish investment in Russia continues to heavily exceed Russian investment in Finland Statistics Finland (SF) reports that the stock of Finland’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2014 amounted to ...
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