New Delhi summit winds up India’s G20 presidency
#India New Delhi summit winds up India’s G20 presidency Hosted in the capital city of New Delhi, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi welcomed a large contingent of world leaders to the G20 summit on...
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Official figures indicate Russian economy contracted only mildly in 2016
Official figures indicate Russian economy contracted only mildly in 2016 Defying forecasts and various earlier estimates by others based on output data, Rosstat reported its first calculations that R...
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Finland-China trade soared in the first half
China Finland-China trade soared in the first half Finnish Customs reports the goods trade between Finland and China grew by 20 % y-o-y in the first half of this year. Growth exceeded that of Finni...
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Moderate global growth expected next year
world economy Moderate global growth expected next year The strength of global economic growth surprised many observers this year. A major driver was the robust performance of the US economy, which ...
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IMF says global outlook has improved significantly from three months ago
China IMF says global outlook has improved significantly from three months ago The April edition of the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook sees the global economy growing by 6 ...
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Russian economic situation remains weak
Russian economic situation remains weak In the first two months of this year, seasonally adjusted and workday-adjusted industrial output continued to lack clear direction. After lurching ahead in Jan...
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A quarter of all international patent filings last year were made in China
China A quarter of all international patent filings last year were made in China The World International Property Organization (WIPO) estimates that last year there were a total of 275,900 internati...
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China’s role in international patent activity continues to increase rapidly
China’s role in international patent activity continues to increase rapidly The latest figures from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) show that the volume of patent applications fil...
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Russian government deficit soared in 2015
Russian government deficit soared in 2015 Revenues to the consolidated government budget (federal, regional and municipal budgets, plus state social funds) declined 1 % in nominal rubles, while expen...
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Regions and local governments face precarious budget circumstances
Regions and local governments face precarious budget circumstances First- and second-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local government revenues plus state social fu...
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China’s oil imports set record, but uncertainty over near-term oil demand depresses oil market
China China’s oil imports set record, but uncertainty over near-term oil demand depresses oil market China imported 506 million metric tons of crude oil last year, a 9.5 % increase from 2018. C...
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Nominal increase in public sector revenues comes to a near halt
Nominal increase in public sector revenues comes to a near halt First-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget, which includes federal, regional and local government budgets, as well as state soci...
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President Putin evaluates economic programme proposals
President Putin evaluates economic programme proposals In late May, president Putin was presented with two economic development programmes that Putin had requested, but a decision is yet to be made o...
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China's filings of international patent applications jump last year
China's filings of international patent applications jump last year The number of Chinese patent applications in 2016 increased by 45 % y-o-y, totalling 43,170 filings. Patent application filings...
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Russian economy started to recover again in January-February
Russian economy started to recover again in January-February Following weaker performance at the end of last year, the Russian economy appeared to get back to the track of slow growth in the first tw...
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Russian output recovers, but consumption slump drags on
Russian output recovers, but consumption slump drags on Industrial output in November-December 2016 rose by about 3 % y-o-y. Growth was slightly over 1 % for all of 2016. Rosstat noted that its full-...
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Gazprom-EU dispute unresolved after four years
Gazprom-EU dispute unresolved after four years A probe by the European Commission found that Gazprom’s operations violate EU competition rules in many member states of Central and Eastern Europe. The...
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Russian government takes on wage arrears problem
Russian government takes on wage arrears problem Prime minister Dmitri Medvedev told a cabinet-level meeting on wage arrears last week that total wage arrears were less than 1 % of the total monthly ...
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Gas sector drives growth in fixed investment
Gas sector drives growth in fixed investment Newly released Rosstat figures show a small recovery in seasonally adjusted fixed investment happened earlier than what the figures showed in late summer....
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