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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 March 16, 2024

EAEU Industrial Output Up 4.7% In January 2024

Industrial output in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries rose 4.7% year-on-year in January, with all EAEU countries demonstrating growth, the EAEU press service has said, stating “The EAEU had an industrial production volume of 104.7% in January 2024, on par with January 2023.” Armenia had industrial output growth of 21%, Belarus of 5.4%, Kazakhstan […]

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Featured March 15, 2024

Russian Economy To Be World’s Fourth Largest By 2030

The Russian economy will become the fourth largest economy in the world before 2030, with sustainable growth at a rate of at least 2% per year and gradual acceleration to 3%. This will yield approximately 20% growth by 2030, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov said at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

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March 15, 2024

EAEU, Mongolia Complete Preparations For Temporary Free Trade Agreement

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Mongolia intend to complete the preparation of a temporary agreement on setting up a free trade zone by the end of 2024, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) said following consultations with Mongolian representatives earlier this week. The EAEU includes Russia in addition to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It […]

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March 14, 2024

Russia To Develop Domestic Price Indicators And Remove World Pricing Tags

The Russian State Duma has approved in the first reading this March, a bill on the gradual decoupling of prices for goods on the domestic market of Russia from global indicators. This means about the possibility of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to not take these into account when determining the monopoly high and […]

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March 14, 2024

Developing a SWIFT Alternative Digital Currency Global Trading System

As geopolitics reshape the contours of physical commerce, digital services remain one area where sovereign countries can engage between each other with relative freedom, during a period where certain nations around the world are erecting new politicized barriers, controlling, restricting, or sanctioning trade in goods like minerals, raw materials, food, through to services, semiconductors and […]

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March 12, 2024

Russia’s 2024 Economic Soft Landing

Russia’s economy continues to successfully battle through hardships while continuing to grow stronger, The Economist has reported on March 10, and has repeatedly “defied the doomsayers”. The publication added that Russia’s economic performance appears to be returning to pre-conflict levels despite numerous rounds of unprecedented sanctions imposed by the West over the past two years. […]

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March 11, 2024

Russia’s Sberbank Made Record Annual Profits in 2023

Russia’s largest lender Sberbank made a record net profit of ₽1.5 trillion (US$16.3 billion) in 2023, as Russia’s financial sector recovers from western sanctions. Sberbank’s IFRS full-year results, published on February 28th 2024, showed a more than fivefold increase in profits on the previous year, primarily achieved through a high level of lending activity. It […]

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