The federal budget for 2013 and the planning period 2014–2015 has already been given the label ‘anti-social’: the rising volume of budget allocations to the ‘guns’ brings down that of allocations to ‘butter’ – including ‘educational butter’

Falling investments in fixed assets in early 2014 were the result of the negative tendency which had formed in the construction investment complex in 2013. Investments in fixed assets in January-February this year were 95.0% while the volume of construction works was 96.2% of the corresponding...

In the 1st half of 2013, business activity in the Russian economy was determined by weakening of the external demand on goods of the Russian export and moderate growth in domes?? c demand. A decrease in investments in capital assets and stagnation of manufacturing industries had a negative...

Diversification of innovation-based foreign economic relations has become significant with global economic transition to the sixth technological mode. At the current stage, expansion of export of high-technology products (goods, services, technologies) is a key element to socio-economic...

In January thru May 2013 capital investments in real terms stood at 99.6% on a year-on-year basis. An uptrend in corporate own funds and federal budget funds was boosted in the structure of sources of investment financing. In Q1 2013, investments dropped in real terms on a year-on-year basis by...

Russia’s economy was characterized by lessening of internal and external demand within the first five months in 2013. A drop in industrial output which in May 2013 reached 1.4% against May 2012 had a substantial effect on the domestic market in the current year. Stagnation in the investment...

In July 2013, the industrial production index stood at 99.3% in annual terms, including 98.5% in the manufacturing industry, and 100.4% in the mineral extraction sector. Slower growth rates in exports of traditional raw commodities and related refinery products made Russian economic growth rates...

Capital investments stood at 99.3% in real terms in january–july 2013 against the previous year. The structure of sources of investment financing kept showing an uptrend in the share of equity funds and federal budget funds. In H1 2013, general level of investment activity was adversely...

In February 2014, industrial production increased by 2.1% on an annualised basis, including a 3.4% increase in manufacturing. However, the production of machines and equipment decreased by 11.4%, construction materials, by 2.0%, and construction works, by 2.4% in annual terms. Demand for...

In mid-April, the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization published an annual analytical review – The Global Trade in 2013 and Forecasts for 2014. After a Two-Year Recession, Moderate Growth in Trade is Expected in 2014 and 2015 – on development of the international trade. Also, the...