The rate of growth in both, exports and imports in recent months are ranging around zero. In October, Russia for the first time took part in the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a full member

In 2015, the RF foreign economic activity was subject to a set of negative factors: significant reduction of prices on all tradable commodities, contraction of external demand due to slowdown of the world economy, compression of domestic demand due to a fall of income and investment....

In March 2014, Russia's foreign trade turnover calculated on the basis of methods of the balance of payments amounted to $74bn which is 1.1% higher than the 2013 index. However, in general in the 1st quarter of 2014 the last year's trend of reduction of the Russian foreign trade turnover...

Russia's foreign trade key indicators plummeted in November 2014. The introduction of a “fiscal maneuver” in the oil and gas industry amid falling crude oil prices gave rise to substantial reduction in the crude oil export duty early in 2015. In an effort to set back such a price hike in the...

Russia's foreign trade turnover shrank in June 2014. At the same time, Russian export stagnation observed in the last months changed for the worse and began falling. Sanctions against Russia and retaliation measures taken by the Russian government most likely will lead to the fall in Russia's...

Deteriorating global market environment in November 2015 has determined further decline of major Russian foreign trade indicators. Growth of the Russian export volume failed to off set the fall of the global commodity prices. Various trade barriers introduced by foreign countries hamper Russia's...

In September 2014, the Russian foreign trade volume calculated on the basis of the methods of the balance of payments amounted to $64.6bn which is 12.4% lower than that in the same period of the previous year; it is to be noted that the export of goods from Russia fell by 13.4% to $38.8bn, while...

In September 2014, the Russian foreign trade turnover calculated on the basis of the methods of the balance of payments amounted to $64.6bn which is 12.4% lower than the respective index of the previous year. It is to be noted that the export of goods from Russia decreased by 13.4% to $38.8bn,...