In the first five months of 2018, socio-economic dynamic improved; however, there was no sustainable growth in most regions. Russian territories' budgets have also improved: in the course of presidential elections, regional transfers have substantially grown, and so have social expenditures

Three previous crises in Russia were different, the crisis outbreak also has its sectoral and spatial features. Employment risks are the highest in the sectors of market related services (over 10 million employees). High risks in unemployment are immanent to federal cities and regions with...

The COVID-19 crisis has had the greatest impact on resource-producing regions and large cities boasting a developed service sector. The decline in investment was coupled by their concentration in the capital and in the leading regions of hydrocarbon production. The increase in registered...

In January-July 2019, amid the upturn in industry driven mainly by resource-producing territories and sectors and weak growth in consumption the most serious problems were still the level of households' incomes and the volume of investments which fell in more than a half of regions. The housing...

The economic recovery from January to July 2021 was faster in regions dominated by manufacturing. Regions with an abundance of raw materials, especially oil, grew more slowly. The service sector recovered faster in the largest agglomerations and in resort areas of southern regions. Employment in...

Against the background of a more sustainable growth of industrial production than a year ago investments contracted in more than 40% of the subjects of the Russian Federation and as before concentrate in the metropolitan agglomeration and oil and gas producing regions. Housing construction...

Multidirectional trends were relevant for development of regions during three quarters of 2018. On one hand, industrial growth continued in ¾ of regions, consumption increased practically everywhere, unemployment did not experience any visible changes. On the other hand, new housing supply...

In early 2018, Russian regions saw their socioeconomic status less problematic. However, none of them has reported sustainable development. Budgets have improved somewhat. Dynamics of income and expenditure less Moscow was rather moderate. Federal assistance is channeled to regions of...

In 2017, Russia's regions saw their socioeconomic status improve marginally over 2016. Industrial sectors continued to increase in most of the regions, as investment rose in half of the regions. The unemployment rate continued to below. However, personal incomes and residential construction...

The year of 2015 was marked by a few troublesome trends in the crisis unfolding in Russia's regions. The overwhelming majority of Russia's territories ran a budget deficit while regional and municipal debts were piling up. A new trend towards drastic shrinking of consumption took hold....