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1 – 10 of 10Last year's GDP growth of 3% was largely attributable to higher prices for refined petroleum products sold to the EU and to a lesser extent a recovery in demand for manufactured…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243010
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Belarus is developing a dependence on Chinese imports, especially for high-tech consumer and investment goods, to complement its reliance on Russia for energy. It cannot expand…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288234
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The economy has been unexpectedly resilient under comprehensive economic sanctions imposed by the West. Russia could only provide limited support as its economy had to adjust to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280552
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Unprecedented Western sanctions have pushed Russia to seek new bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). Moscow is moving fast to create a wide network of agreements with emerging…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283317
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Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the opening ceremony by video link, hailing the “irresistible” trend towards multipolarity and economic globalisation. The forum discussed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280576
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This is Russia’s drastic response to most developed states’ economic sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine. It means a new geography of foreign trade that will not only…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278226
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Prospects for substantive unification between Russia and Belarus.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245879
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This year started with a contraction of first-quarter GDP, after two years of very slow growth. Industrial output contracted as well. As world oil prices have dropped, Belarus no…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200644
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The meeting is the first since Putin appointed a new ambassador to Minsk with enhanced powers. Lukashenka has meanwhile bolstered his own position by bringing in a new cabinet…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238714
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EU sanctions from June 24 ban purchases of Belarusian petroleum products and potash fertilisers, though restrictions on the latter are partial. Together with Minsk's retaliatory…