Judging from the year-end results of 2018, the RF Central Bank pointed out the highest (relative to the entire statistical observation period) outflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the capital of Russian companies, amounting to $ 6.46bn. The plunge in the inflow of foreign investment...

The purpose of the study is to assess the macroeconomic and sectoral consequences for Russia and a number of other countries (EAEU members, the United States and China) from the introduction of trade restrictions by the world's largest economies, motivated by the mitigation of the consequences...

For the Russian statistics the adequate estimation of unrecorded cross-border capital transactions is considered not only as a problem of methodological or technical nature, but also as a key factor of improving the quality of macroeconomic analysis, forecasting and regulations of related...

According to the latest projections released by the WTO, this year the global trade growth rate is going to decrease to 4.4% from its previous level of 4.7% in 2017. In its annual report, the WTO Secretariat warns that the threats voiced by the USA that it may impose duties on imports of goods...

Issues related to the use of the WTO instruments and mechanisms by CIS member states including the EAEU members remain one of the least studied problems regarding a comprehensive analysis not in Russia alone but also in other countries of the post-Soviet space. Activity in the WTO needs to be...

On August 22, 2012, the Russian Federation joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as dispute settlement mechanisms designed to resolve WTO trade disputes and governed by the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU). Hence Russia has since...

Russia has been actively participating in the dispute settlement system handled by the WTO. As of the year-end of 2019, Russia had been involved in a total of 96 disputes: in 8 disputes as a complainant, in 9 disputes as a respondent, and in 79 disputes as a third party. In 2019, Russia became a...

The statistics on foreign direct investments (FDI) in Q1 and Q2 2017 published by the Central Bank of Russia shows that growth in incoming FDI in Russia started in 2016 is keeping up. This trend is related to Russia's renewed GDP growth, higher global prices of energy commodities and reduced...

The WTO utilizes the trade dispute settlement mechanism in accordance with the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU). As a WTO member, Russia has the right to uphold its trade interests by means of this instrument