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The Russian economy is transitioning, with economic pressures such as inflation, moderate growth and sanctions all contributing to a dampened performance in 2025. However, this is partially offset by significant infrastructure building, high military related output, and increasing foreign reserves and industrial progress in key economic areas. It is also diversifying beyond energy to include new vital technology-driven sectors. Get vital data on Russia’s economy for business decision-making. Analysis of macroeconomic trends, investment climate, and economic policies impacting your operations and investments in the country.

Featured February 4, 2025

Russia Proposes Small Nuclear Modular Reactors For India NPP Development  

Russia’s nuclear energy giant Rosatom has offered technology transfer to India for small modular reactors (SMR), as the country looks to boost nuclear energy generation. Rosatom is exploring the feasibility of setting up SMRs in the coastal areas of India, according to Indian media. Rosatom is currently developing India’s largest nuclear energy facility – the […]

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Featured February 4, 2025

Russia Adds New Global South Universities To Educational Diploma Acceptance List 

Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science has expanded the list of universities whose diplomas are recognized by the Russian authorities, and added Cairo University (Egypt), The University of Science Malaysia, University of Sharjah (UAE), and Tehran University (Iran) to its approved list. Accepted Universities must appear in at least three international rankings for 2024 out […]

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February 2, 2025

Russia, Chinese Software Scientists Develop Breakthrough Algorithm That Bypasses NVIDIA Tech 

Computer scientists from Russia and China have developed a breakthrough algorithm using information from reverse engineering video card accelerators. The algorithm allows gaming GPUs to be used for scientific computing. The innovation was achieved by specialists from Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, which was co-founded by Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Beijing Institute of Technology, and […]

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February 2, 2025

Russia Looks To India To Fulfil Its Skilled Labour Shortages 

Russia and India area set to sign off on an labour migration deal, an agreement will permit a flow of skilled Indian workers to Russia, Indian Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar has said. New Delhi and Moscow are actively discussing a memorandum of understanding to establish a Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, aiming to facilitate […]

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January 29, 2025

Russia’s Mutual Fund Investment Market Expands To Record Capital Volumes

2024 was a banner year for Russia’s collective investment markets, which expanded with a record number of mutual funds and the largest number of new management companies for over a decade. Wealthy investors – including foreign investors – are primarily interested in Russian industry. Since sanctions were imposed in 2022, Russian investors have been limited […]

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January 28, 2025

Russia’s Digital Financial Assets Grew Fourfold In 2024  

Russia’s digital financial assets market grew more than 4 times in 2024, according to the Russian ACRA credit rating agency. Although still developing and partially hampered by sanctions, the overall trend is positive, with holdings up to ₽150 billion by the end of last year. According to ACRA’s estimates, digital financial instruments in Russia have […]

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January 28, 2025

Can Russia And BRICS Produce A DeepSeek And Overtake ChatGPT?  

US stocks lost over US$1 trillion overnight (January 27) as China’s High Flyer, a Hedge Fund in Hangzhou, launched its Chinese chatbot, named ‘Deepseek’. The app appears to offer the same facilities as the US developed OpenAI and its ChatGPT tool, and the same performance but with fewer resources. Deepseek has already overtaken ChatGPT as […]

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January 26, 2025

Russian tourism to Vietnam up by 85%

According to the Russian Union of Travel Industry press service, “Tourism to Vietnam increased by 85% in 2024; tour operators included this destination in the top 10 this winter. But a return to the pre-pandemic (2019) figures is hampered by the limited number of direct flights: flights from Moscow are only to Ho Chi Minh, […]

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January 25, 2025

2025 Russian Trade Growth To Be With ASEAN

Russia is still actively in the process of refocusing its exports to the East and Global South.Trade with China and India has largely stabilized and the pace of its growth will slow, while new markets need to be developed, primarily exports to ASEAN countries, Russian Deputy Economic Development Minister Vladimir Ilyichev said recently in an […]

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January 19, 2025

Russia’s VTB Bank To Open Full Banking Services In Iran

Russia’s VTB bank plans to open a full-fledged subsidiary bank in Iran by the end of 2025, the bank’s President and Board Chairman Andrei Kostin has stated. VTB opened a representative office in Iran in 2023. Kostin said that “We plan to open a full-service bank by the end of this year. VTB will be […]

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