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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.

Moldova
Featured January 21, 2026

Moldova Launches Procedures To Leave The Commonwealth Of Independent States

Moldova has launched the procedure for officially withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi has said. The CIS was formed in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR to promote cooperation regarding economic, political, and security issues among the former Soviet republics. It currently includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, […]

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Poker
Featured January 18, 2026

How The United States Played Poker With Europe – And Trumped Brussels

The new threats by US President Donald Trump to place an additional 25% tariffs on European exports entering US markets emphasize just how naïve European politicians have been when it comes to international diplomacy and foreign affairs. In threatening such measures should the EU (and specifically Denmark) do not agree to cede Greenland to the […]

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Structure
January 17, 2026

The End of Easy Growth: Structural Lessons from the 2025 Russia-China Trade Decline

In 2025, Russia-China trade entered a new and more complex phase. After four consecutive years of uninterrupted expansion, bilateral trade turnover declined for the first time since the covid pandemic in 2020. According to Chinese customs data cited by Russia’s Trade Representative to China Alexey Dakhnovsky, two-way trade fell by 6.9% year-on-year, reaching US$228.105 billion. […]

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Drone
January 12, 2026

Russian Aviation Drone Market To Grow 20-30% In 2026

Aleksandr Zamyatin, the head of the strategic projects implementation direction at JSC GLONASS, has stated that growth of 20-30% in the Russian drone market sector will be achieved due to the “Russification” of equipment and the appearance of competent domestic services. The Russian unmanned aviation market in 2026 may exceed ₽40 billion (US$508 million), demonstrating […]

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Collapse
January 10, 2026

When Will The Russian Economy Finally Collapse?

Predictions of the collapse of the Russian economy have been ongoing now for over a decade, with statements continuing to be made that this event is shortly to occur. Why do these statements continue to be repeated, and what is driving such beliefs?  When sanctions were originally imposed upon Russia back in 2014 – a […]

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SCO
January 6, 2026

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation To Overtake G7 GDP By 2030

As the United States has aptly demonstrated, the global world order is changing and is in the process of being remade into new alliances—both in terms of political and military pressure, with the latter now being utilised to enforce the former.  Yet the current position Washington is taking—with assets close to its own territory as […]

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China 2025
January 5, 2026

Russia-China 2025 Bilateral Trade To Exceed US$220 Billion

Bilateral trade between Russia and China is expected to reach slightly above US$220 billion by the end of 2025, despite the market-driven adjustment currently affecting trade indicators, the Russian Ambassador to China, Igor Morgulov has said. He was addressing faculty members and students of the Renmin University of China, and stated “At present, due to […]

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Asymetrical
January 5, 2026

China’s Trade Relations With Russia ‘Asymmetrical’

The Ukraine conflict and resulting Western sanctions have triggered an abrupt and far-reaching reorientation of Russia’s foreign trade, with China having replaced the European Union as Russia’s principal trading partner, according to the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, as per their latest monthly report. Before the conflict began in early 2022, almost half of […]

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2026 Main
January 1, 2026

Good News: 2026 Changes To Russia’s Social Payments System

Russia is introducing multiple improvements to its various social security payments to citizens during 2026, with increases across the board—good news for Russian nationals. These range from financial support for families to taxation and pension payments. Basic pension indexations will be implemented, new tax breaks for families with children will be introduced, and other measures […]

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