Rosstat announced late in Q2 2018 that it would need to revise its statistics on industrial production dynamics. As a result, growth rates, which were close to zero in the first quarter, turned positive for both the manufacturing and extraction sectors at the half year's end. A lack of...

Some positive results have been achieved since a tax reform was kicked off in the Russian oil sector late in 2014. The 2014 – 2017 period saw an increase in the average depth of oil refining in Russia. Despite ongoing disputes, now is a good time to complete the so-called “tax manoeuvre”...

In Q2 2019, the extractive industry and production of electric energy, gas and water continued to display a near-zero growth pattern. The manufacturing sectors, after demonstrating some growth at year beginning, likewise demonstrated zero growth by the period-end results for Q2. The aggregate...

The refusal to sharply increase oil output by the OPEC+ deal participants and the news of the launch of vaccinations against the coronavirus were positively received by the world oil market: on December 10, for the first time since March 2020, Brent crude futures rose above $50 per barrel. The...

In Q3 2020, the extractive sector observed around zero growth, part of manufacturing sector exhibited a slight increase. Analysis of trend components of production indexes across industry does not give grounds for speaking about a notable industrial recovery following the coronavirus-induced...

Year 2021 saw extractive industries’ growth on the back of a pickup in demand for power-generating coal and natural gas on the part of European and Asian countries, as well as ebbing restrictions related to the OPRC+ agreement (owing to higher quotas on daily oil production volumes in member...

In Q3 2021, industrial output growth was mainly driven by extractive industries owing to a pickup in demand for power-generating coal and natural gas and ebbing restrictions related to the OPEC+ agreement. The following factors kept affecting dynamics of different sectors of the Russian...

In Q3 2021, industrial output growth was mainly driven by extractive industries owing to a pickup in demand for power-generating coal and natural gas and ebbing restrictions related to the OPEC+ agreement. The following factors kept affecting dynamics of different sectors of the Russian...

In Q1 2022, the extractive sector showed growth due to the continued impact of the factors that emerged in 2021: growth of demand for thermal coal and natural gas from the European and Asian countries; weakening of the effect of restrictions related to the OPEC+ agreement following the increase...

The main uncertainties for the world oil market in H2 2022 are as follows: formal completion of the OPEC+ deal in September 2022 and chances and terms of its extension; sanctions on Russian exports of oil and oil products, their scale and duration