This paper deals with domestic capital investments in Russia in 2014. Last year the trend towards declining investment in fixed assets was fairly predictable being determined by the fall of investments, which had been under way since Q2 2013. According to the results of 2014, investments in...

The volume of investments in fixed assets over the period of January-July 2015 in real terms amounted to 94.1%; the index for July dropped to 91.5% on the same month of last year. The structure of sources of investment financing displayed a strengthening trend towards increasing the share of...

The purpose of this paper is to summarize and offer analytical comments concerning the availability and reliability of official government statistics on alcohol and related issues in the former Soviet Union and contemporary Russia. The paper is organized in six section. The introduction (Section...

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 affected...

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...

Summary and analysis of data on consumption of alcoholic beverages, alcohol abuse, and health and demographic impact of drinking in the USSR and Russia. Criticism of published statistics and author's estimates of unavailable data. A special section addresses fatal alcohol poisoning which...