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The record heat wave that hit Russia from early July to mid-August caused havoc for the agriculture and consumer markets. Temperatures hovered between 30°
C to 40°C
in Russia’s major ...

Q2-2010 was more positive than the beginning of the year. The pace of growth of the Russian economy picked up to 5.4% y-o-y (compared to 2.9% in Q1-2010). Consumer demand and business ...

The board of directors of the Bank of Russia left key interest rate unchanged at 7.75% at a meeting on June 29 and took a break after lowering it 4 times since the beginning of the ...

The Bank of Russia lowered its key refinancing rate again to 7.75% from 8% on June 1 based on low inflation and positive macroeconomic expectations. However, we do not expect to see ...

The pace of economic recovery in Russia slowed in Q1-2010 compared to the trends of H2-2009. However this was largely due to changes in private inventories and to a next dip in capital ...

On April 8, 2010, Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev signed the Treaty Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. The first round of improvement in Russia-US was ...

Russian economic growth slowed down sharply in February 2010 despite a low base effect from the last year. For the first time in the past nine months, Russian GDP shrank 0.9% against ...

After a steep decline in 2009, the Russian economy is touching the ground for a foothold for future growth. As we show in the report, sustainable economic growth in the medium term ...

Russia’s foreign policy and its position in the world is to a large extent is determined by its relations with the two of its Slavic neighbors – Ukraine and Belarus. Ukraine held the ...

Our forecast for 2010 is slightly more optimistic than the Government’s official projections and the consensus forecast. This is not only due to the higher oil prices (than in government ...

The Russian government is moderately optimistic about Russia’s economy in 2010 despite 8,7% GDP decline in 2009. Kremlin’s economic policy for the new year will stay the course of ...

In December, President Medvedev signed the Budget Law for 2010 with tentative targets for 2011-2012. The newly passed budget projects the deficit will peak in 2009-2010, exceeding ...

In his second address to the Federal Assembly Dmitry Medvedev focused on economic development. The president identified five major areas for comprehensive modernizations and proposed ...

The Russian banking sector continues to stagnate. The assets of Russian banks have not grown in the past year, and lending activity remains low despite the best efforts of the authorities....

Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to China on October 12-14 definitely marks a significant development in Russian foreign policy. After Moscow’s attempts to establish energy alliance with ...

Russian key macroeconomic data showed a modest improvement compared to the previous quarter. GDP contracted by 9.4% y-o-y in Q3-2009 vs 10.9% y-o-y in Q2-2009. After adjustment for ...