Russian and ASEAN leaders meet in Sochi
Russian and ASEAN leaders meet in Sochi Russia has been a full dialog partner with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1996. Last week, the third joint summit was held in Sochi. ...
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Impacts of Eurasian Customs and Economic Unions on the Kazakhstan market become clear
Impacts of Eurasian Customs and Economic Unions on the Kazakhstan market become clear Even before Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan established the Eurasian Customs Union (EACU) and unified their import...
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Russian economic growth accelerated
Russia Russian economic growth accelerated Rosstat’s preliminary estimate puts third-quarter GDP growth at 1.7 % y-o-y, well above the 0.7 % rate for the first six months of this year. The...
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Russian economy began to contract in April
Russia Russian economy began to contract in April The impacts of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine are now beginning to emerge on a wider scale throughout the Russian economy. The scale of impac...
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The ruble continues to appreciate
Russia The ruble continues to appreciate The ruble’s official exchange rate dropped sharply after Russia invaded Ukraine, falling as low as 120 rubles to the dollar at one point. Since then, the rub...
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Russian export earnings near all-time highs; capital outflows increase
Russia Russian export earnings near all-time highs; capital outflows increase Preliminary balance-of-payments figures from the Central Bank of Russia show that the value of Russia’s exports of goods...
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Russian central bank keeps key rate unchanged
Russia,economy Russian central bank keeps key rate unchanged Last Friday (July 28), the governing board of the Central Bank of Russia decided to hold its key rate at 9 %. The board noted that inflat...
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Effects of the coronavirus on the Russian economy remain limited for now
Russia Effects of the coronavirus on the Russian economy remain limited for now As there is still large uncertainty on the duration and extent of the coronavirus epidemic, the potential impact on th...
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Russian president visits China
Russia Russian president visits China President Putin met with Chinese president Xi and attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit last week. As usual, during the presidents' meeting ...
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Russian economy lost steam in 2025
BOFIT Weekly Review,Russia Russian economy lost steam in 2025 Russia’s economic growth slowed sharply in 2025 with on-year GDP growth of only 1 %. Growth faded last year despite a rapid increase in ...
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More Russian firms added to US sanctions list
More Russian firms added to US sanctions list On September 1, the US Treasury Department announced an extension of sanctions on Russia for occupation of Crimea. Several Russian firms were added to th...
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Recent restrictions on Russian trade add to challenges facing Ukraine’s new leadership
Russia Recent restrictions on Russian trade add to challenges facing Ukraine’s new leadership The serious issues in Russia-Ukraine relations since the annexation of Crimea have been amplified by the...
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Ruble struggles and Russian share prices slide as US adds sanctions, oil prices fall and emerging markets face problems
Russia Ruble struggles and Russian share prices slide as US adds sanctions, oil prices fall and emerging markets face problems Since the end of July, the Russian ruble has lost about 6 % of its valu...
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Latest BOFIT forecast sees Russian economy contracting by 4 % this year and imports falling by 25 %
Russia Latest BOFIT forecast sees Russian economy contracting by 4 % this year and imports falling by 25 % While Ukraine bears the heaviest humanitarian and economic losses from Russia’s b...
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Number of confirmed covid-19 cases continues to grow; only moderate tightening of restrictions
Russia Number of confirmed covid-19 cases continues to grow; only moderate tightening of restrictions The daily number of new confirmed cases of covid-19 in Russia has exceeded 25,000 for the past t...
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Conflicts in the Middle East cloud global economic outlook
BOFIT Weekly Review,world economy Conflicts in the Middle East cloud global economic outlook The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week released its latest World Economic Outlook. In addition t...
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Call for Visiting Researchers
visiting researchers programme BOFIT Visiting Researcher Programme's application period is open! Call for autumn/winter 2026 BOFIT Visiting Researchers scheme enables academics and researchers t...
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CBR registers new national credit-rating agency ACRA
CBR registers new national credit-rating agency ACRA Under Russia’s credit-rating companies act of June 2015, all credit-rating agencies giving national ratings must register with the CBR by January...
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Growth in Finnish-Russian trade cooled in 1Q18
Russia Growth in Finnish-Russian trade cooled in 1Q18 Finnish goods exports to Russia in the first quarter remained at roughly the same level as in 1Q17. The export trend was in line with Russian go...
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Russian inflation accelerates slightly in January
Russia Russian inflation accelerates slightly in January Consumer price inflation rose 5.0 % y-o-y in January. In particular, higher food prices since last summer appear to driving inflation. R...
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