This paper deals with a wide choice of issues related to Russia's foreign trade, its import and export.

This paper deals with a wide choice of issues related to Russia's foreign trade, its import and export.

The WTO has revised downward the forecast of growth in the global trade volume. In January–July 2013, the foreign trade turnover of the Russian Federation decreased due to a drop in export supplies. From October 2, 2013, Rosselkhoznadzor introduced temporary restrictions on supplies to Russia...

From April 2012, the Russian foreign trade has been in stagnation. In the past few months, growth rates of both export and import fluctuated near the zero level. Russia turned down the EU’s request to the WTO to convene a panel of arbitrators to consider the issue of the existing mechanism of...

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 eff ort to set back such a price hike in...

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,...

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 August 2014, the Russian foreign trade volume decreased. Western sanctions against Russia and Russia’ counter-sanctions have resulted in a considerable drop in export of goods to Russia.