Number of people employed in Russia declined last year; labour force also shrank
Number of people employed in Russia declined last year; labour force also shrank Even as the Russian economy began to revive from recession last year, Rosstat reports that its labour force survey of ...
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Russia and China score low in the OECD services trade index
Russia Russia and China score low in the OECD services trade index Russia and China score low in the OECD services trade index The OECD's Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), published ...
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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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Weaker revenues and higher spending reign Russia’s federal and regional budgets
Russia Weaker revenues and higher spending reign Russia’s federal and regional budgets Due to various revenue streams other than oil & gas tax revenues, the slide in nominal federal budget reven...
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Strict 2018 spending rules approved for Russia's federal budget and pension fund
Russia Strict 2018 spending rules approved for Russia's federal budget and pension fund Federal budget spending is set to contract slightly next year in nominal ruble terms, which means a real d...
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Russia reaches agreement with OPEC and other oil-producing countries on keeping cuts in place
Russia Russia reaches agreement with OPEC and other oil-producing countries on keeping cuts in place Russia reaches agreement with OPEC and other oil-producing countries on keeping cuts in place Th...
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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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Trade with North Korea has little economic significance for China and Russia
China,Russia Trade with North Korea has little economic significance for China and Russia US president Donald Trump last weekend threatened to cut trade relations with countries that do business wit...
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Russia lowers import duties under its WTO commitments, while devising new barriers to imports
Russia Russia lowers import duties under its WTO commitments, while devising new barriers to imports Russia lowers import duties under its WTO commitments, while devising new barriers to imports Af...
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Russia's regional budgets and social funds benefit most from recovery in government budget revenues
Russia Russia's regional budgets and social funds benefit most from recovery in government budget revenues Russia's regional budgets and social funds benefit most from recovery in government...
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Russia facing harsher economic outlook for the rest of this year
Russia Russia facing harsher economic outlook for the rest of this year The preliminary figures from Rosstat show Russian GDP contracted by 4 % y-o-y in the second quarter. Thanks to strong gro...
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Russia’s federal budget sees exceptional drop in revenues in July; spending continues to rise
Russia Russia’s federal budget sees exceptional drop in revenues in July; spending continues to rise Federal budget revenues in July declined by 25 % from a year earlier. Tax revenues from oil ...
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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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Russia has not yet dipped into its oil funds this year
Russia has not yet dipped into its oil funds this year Russia has not yet dipped into its oil funds this year Higher-than-expected oil prices have increased Russia's budget revenues and finance ...
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Russia's government budgets started to grow again; government drafted supplementary budget
Russia's government budgets started to grow again; government drafted supplementary budget First-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget (includes federal, regional and municipal budgets, as ...
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FDI inflow to Russia boosted by the sale of Rosneft stake
FDI inflow to Russia boosted by the sale of Rosneft stake Net direct investment inflows to Russia (investment of foreign firms in Russia minus funds repatriated by foreign firms) amounted to USD 33 b...
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Industry recovers in Russia's federal districts, while retail sales continue to contract
Industry recovers in Russia's federal districts, while retail sales continue to contract Industrial output increased in 2016 in all of Russia's federal districts (FD), which encompass numerou...
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Bank profitability improved in Russia, even with a decline in corporate borrowing
Bank profitability improved in Russia, even with a decline in corporate borrowing Figures from the Central Bank of Russia show total banking sector assets nominally declined last year by 3.5 %. If ru...
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