In early 2017, the movement of indices in the majority of industries continued to display the trend observed in late 2016 – that of a low positive growth rate. At mid-year, there was a slowdown in the production growth pattern and its downward slide towards stagnation. Over H2, the trend...

Despite the adherence to the commitments according to the OPEC+ deal on the joint efforts to cut production, during Russia's three-year participation in the deal as a whole the annual crude oil production in the country increased by 2.4% on the back of stabilized world crude oil prices. Collapse...

Russian Abstract: Три предыдущих кризиса в России были разными, начавшийся кризис также имеет свои отраслевые и пространственные особенности. Риски занятости...

As seen by the period-end results of Q4 2019, the manufacturing and extractive sectors of the Russian economy once again displayed a near-zero growth, while production of electric energy, gas and water declined. Growth slowdown in the extractive sector occurred as a result of the implementation...

From early 2017, Rosstat began to apply OKVED 2 – the new All-Russian Classifier of Economic Activities, thus necessitating extreme caution in interpreting the industrial production statistics. The results of calculations performed by the Gaidar Institute point to the persistent presence of...

Industrial development case studies show that Russian regions have indeed failed, except in extremely rare cases, to strengthen their competitive power on account of well-developed economic policies. None of the regions under review was geared up for the crisis of 2014, each facing either...

Most of Russia's industrial sectors saw output in terms of volume stabilize at a low level in H1 2016. Output began to grow slowly at year's end. The summary index of the manufacturing sector was driven by positive dynamics during the last few months of the year. Given that Russia's economy is...

In 2018 the output dynamics of the manufacturing industries were close to zero. Growth was observed in the primary sector mainly on the back of a surge in production of natural gas and coal. In manufacturing, positive growth rates were related either with a favorable global market environment or...

In November 2018, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) and Ministry of Energy (MinEnergo) came to an agreement with Russian oil companies to freeze petroleum products prices in the country until March 2019, which may be a headwind for fiscal regulation policies in the Russian...

Unlike the previous two years when the domestic market's weakness was made up for by growth in the foreign trade balance and net exports, in 2019 the development of the Russian economy took place amid a simultaneous decline of the growth rates of overall domestic demand and foreign trade. In...