preserve their positive growth differential vis-à-vis the EU-28, Russia and Ukraine are facing a deterioration of their … years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the current crisis in relations between Russia and the West is evolving into a … year. In Russia, the costs of the conflict are estimated to be to the tune of about 1% of GDP, primarily on account of …

Belarus, Russia and Ukraine as well as in China. For each country, it provides a forecast relating to GDP growth, inflation … positive growth figures recorded by the global economy as a whole. Central and Eastern Europe, together with Russia, Ukraine … instability. Finally, despite high GDP growth, structural distortions still characterize both Russia and Ukraine, whose economies …

unemployment rates over the medium term. However, substantial downward risks include possible effects from the current Russia …

unemployment rates over the medium term. However, substantial downward risks include possible effects from the current Russia …

euro area crisis (such as Russia, Poland, Ukraine and Turkey), growth dynamics progressively decelerated in the second half … consumption in most CESEE countries, with the exception of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Baltic states. In turn, investment … the CESEE region the Baltic states, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey, which are less dependent on the troubled euro area and …

will remain in recession. Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic countries will experience a slowdown of growth. Over the next two … are managing to stay out of recession and on a relatively elevated growth path. Russia and Ukraine are seeing either a … and investments, the Balkan countries on recovery of industrial production and exports, Russia and Ukraine, and perhaps …

2015. The decline in world market prices for energy carriers will negatively affect both Kazakhstan and Russia, with real … heavily on exports to Russia and Ukraine. However, assuming a peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian conflict in 2015, it is …

Contrary to the experiences of other countries, perceptions of job insecurity in Russia were not correlated with the … wage distribution faced by workers. We test this hypothesis using data from ten panel rounds of Russia Longitudinal …

) Opinion corner Russia-Ukraine conflict do Western sanctions have any effect? (by Vasily Astrov, Vladimir Gligorov, Peter …

Graph of the month Dependence of selected European countries on gas imports from Russia, 2012, in % (p. 1) Some lesser … known facts about Ukraine’s foreign trade (by Peter Havlik; pp. 2-5) Opinion corner Russia and Ukraine – three questions …