Surveys published by Russia’s Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights show low confidence in safety of the local business environment
Russia Surveys published by Russia’s Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights show low confidence in safety of the local business environment Russia’s Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights (biznesomb...
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Russia and India agree on new arms sales, but overall trade between the countries continues to shrink
Russia and India agree on new arms sales, but overall trade between the countries continues to shrink During the BRICS summit in Goa last week, India revealed it was buying new weapons systems from R...
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Debt and trade disputes further erode economic relations between Russia and Ukraine; EU decides to keep Russian sanctions in place
Debt and trade disputes further erode economic relations between Russia and Ukraine; EU decides to keep Russian sanctions in place As expected, Ukraine announced late last week that it cannot pay ba...
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Russia’s central bank raises its key rate to 18 % on inflation concerns; key rate now expected to remain high for a longer time
Russia Russia’s central bank raises its key rate to 18 % on inflation concerns; key rate now expected to remain high for a longer time The Central Bank of Russia’s board of directors decided at its ...
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Higher oil prices bring at least temporary relief for the Russian economy
russia,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Higher oil prices bring at least temporary relief for the Russian economy The outlook for Russia’s economic performance, which stumbled in the first two months of ...
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Russian government driven to technical insolvency
Russia Russian government driven to technical insolvency The 30-day grace period for about 100 million dollars in Russian foreign debt that came due at the end of May was reached on June 27 without ...
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Corruption, bad institutions and lack of openness dog Russian competitiveness
Corruption, bad institutions and lack of openness dog Russian competitiveness The World Economic Forum (WEF) global competitiveness index last year ranked Russia 45th among 140 countries surveyed. Ru...
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EBRD continues financing freeze on Russian projects
EBRD continues financing freeze on Russian projects The majority of shareholders in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) decided in summer 2014 to halt any new projects in Russ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Finnish-Russian trade performed modestly last year
Russia Finnish-Russian trade performed modestly last year Finnish goods exports to Russia increased last year by 10 % to 3.6 billion euros. Much of the export growth, however, reflected on...
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Finnish-Russian trade plummeted in second quarter
Russia Finnish-Russian trade plummeted in second quarter The value of Finland’s goods exports to Russia decreased by 32 % y-o-y in the second quarter. Exports were dragged down by the sudden co...
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President Putin visits Japan
President Putin visits Japan Russian president Vladimir Putin made a two-day visit to Japan last week that included the familiar signings of memoranda of understanding and framework agreements. Putin...
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Finnish-Russian trade contracts sharply
Russia Finnish-Russian trade contracts sharply Preliminary figures released by Finnish Customs show that Finland’s goods exports to Russia fell by 58 % y-o-y in April. Lower demand, EU export r...
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Russian FDI on the rise
Russia Russian FDI on the rise The net flow of foreign direct investment into Russia from abroad in the first half of this year amounted to 17 billion dollars, which was clearly more than in the pre...
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Russian export earnings start to decline, recovery in imports continues
Russia Russian export earnings start to decline, recovery in imports continues Although Russian Customs ceased publication of foreign trade statistics after the invasion of Ukraine, it is possible t...
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Changes in the country structure of Russian inward and outward foreign direct investment
Russia Changes in the country structure of Russian inward and outward foreign direct investment Flows of foreign direct investment, especially inbound FDI flows to Russia, have continued to decrease...
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Russian Megafon plans to delist from London stock exchange
Russia Russian Megafon plans to delist from London stock exchange Under a plan released on July 16, one of Russia's largest mobile phone operators, Megafon, will offer to buy out the shares of m...
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Russian imports plunge; value of exports remains high
Russia Russian imports plunge; value of exports remains high Western sanctions on Russia, combined with the voluntary decisions by international corporations to exit the Russian market and difficult...
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IMF expects the Russian economy to grow by 1.7 % this year
Russia IMF expects the Russian economy to grow by 1.7 % this year The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook sees Russian GDP growth slowing next year to 1.5 %, which is in line with the IMF's ...
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Rosneft completes sale of 15 % stake in Vankorneft to the Indian ONGC
Rosneft completes sale of 15 % stake in Vankorneft to the Indian ONGC The Indian state energy company ONGC Videsh this week acquired a 15 % stake in Rosneft subsidiary Vankorneft for $1.3 billion. Th...
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Yamal peninsula LNG production comes on stream
Yamal peninsula LNG production comes on stream Novatek's massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project includes e.g. gas production, liquefaction plants and a harbour for shipping LNG. The first ph...
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