Economy

Russia’s Leading Low-Cost Retailer Redomiciles From Cyprus to Kazakhstan

Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Foreign Investment, Investment

Cyprus loses a major Russian client to Kazakhstan’s fiscal gain as Western exits increase  The Russian chain of low cost retailers, Fix Price has redomiciled its corporate PLC entity from Cyprus to the Astana International Financial Centre in Kazakhstan. Fix Price operate over 6,500 retail stores worldwide, with 2023 revenues of ₽291.9 billion (US$3.3 billion) […]

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Russia’s Special Economic Zones Attracting New Foreign Investors

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment, Infrastructure

The Russian Ministry of the Economy has been assessing the effectiveness of the 44 Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in the country, including their fiscal effectiveness. SEZs are attractive investments for foreign investors as they typically offer reduced corporate income tax rates – typically zero for the first three-five years and at a 50% discount for

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The World Bank Classifies Russia As “A High Income” Country With Average Income Worth US$47,261.

Economy, Finance, Foreign Investment

The World Bank has recognised Russia as a high-income nation in its official global rankings, after stating that the average Russian gross national income per capita in Russia is US$14,250, which at current exchange rates, in local Ruble terms is ₽1,260,940.   The World Bank Group assigns the world’s economies to four income groups: low,

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As The World Looks At US Trade and Dollar Alternatives, What Are The Options?

Economy, Finance, Trade

The role of national currencies in global trade is changing, as countries look at ways of at least partial minimisation of exposure to the US dollar. We discuss the evolutionary trends.    Two main global financial evolutionary events are happening at the same time: the first is changes to the role of the US dollar,

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Russia’s Total Export Values Increased After The West Imposed Sanctions

Economy, Finance, Trade

Government fiscal income revenues from Russian imports will have declined in the West and increased in the East by tens of billions of dollars   Russia’s exports actually increased by US$31 billion after the West imposed trade sanctions, according to open-source intelligence calculated by Sputnik, itself based on data from Russia’s Federal Customs Service. While

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Intra-Eurasian Economic Union Trade Up 7% In Q1 2024

Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Trade

The mutual trade volume within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in the first quarter of 2024 increased by ₽2 trillion (US$22.5 billion), according to Dmitry Volvach, a Deputy Minister of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. He was speaking at the ‘Export to the EAEU countries’ conference of interregional cooperation in Novosibirsk last

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Russia Outlines “BRICS Bridge” Digital Settlement Plans

BRICS, Economy, Trade

Russia has proposed to BRICS countries and partnership members a mechanism for cross-border payments based on the BRICS Bridge settlement platform, according to Anton Siluanov, Russia’s Finance Minister. He explained that the mechanism would see BRICS members central banks issue digital financial assets (DFAs), which would in turn peg their value to the national currencies

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The Real Purpose Of Ukraine’s ‘Peace Conference’: Asking For A 60% Reduction In Western Debt

Economy, Finance, Investment

The Financial Times has published an article describing a key meeting between the Ukrainian Finance Ministry and Officials attending the Peace Conference held over the weekend in Lucerne, Switzerland. The newspaper reported that Ukraine had asked for its official bondholders to take a 60% haircut on foreign exchange bonds due in August of US$20 billion.

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Russia – North Korea 2024 Trade & Security Developments

China, Economy, Trade

Update June 18: As we predicted, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Kim Jong-Un, the President of North Korea, with the dates now confirmed for June 18th/19 in Pyongyang. According to the Kremlin, the Russian delegation will also include Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Health Minister

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