We study whether bank ownership is related to bank efficiency in Russia. We find that foreign banks are more efficient …

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 …

recorded in Serbia and Montenegro. Russia and Ukraine performed very well, registering significant and balanced growth. The … much more essential structural changes in the composition of exports have certainly continued. For Russia, external … combined effects of those impacts cannot yet be reliably quantified. Russia's and Ukraine's GDP growth is likely to slow down …

, excepting Russia and most post-Yugoslav countries. Despite weak growth in the EU, exports of the accession countries (and of …

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 …