According to statistics published in October 2019, Russia maintained a relatively high level of funding programs in the field of international development assistance in 2018. A large share (63%) of Russian aid was provided as in the past on a bilateral basis, and the largest recipients remained...

The Russian Federation continued to strengthen its international donor position in 2017. Russia spends more than $1bn annually on international development assistance programs and projects. Building a good-neighbourliness belt around the country as part of its economic support of CIS nations...

The RF Government proved out Russia’s status of an international donor in the crisis year 2020 when it wrote off a large portion (over 44%) of debts. Russia made a substantial contribution to the provision of international humanitarian aid, thus facilitating the fight against the spread of the...

In the past few years, the volumes of Russia's aid to foreign states remained high. Also, substantial growth was observed in the share of the bilateral development aid (when the aid is channeled directly to the recipient) as compared to the multilateral aid (when it is provided through...

In 2019, the Government of the Russian Federation raised allocations for official development assistance (ODA). Its volume exceeded Rb1 trillion. However, real volume of Russian economic assistance is larger than OECD statistical data show, they do not take into account intergovernmental fiscal...