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Sanctions will increase risks for Russian economy

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RUSSIA

However, although output has grown, a tight labour market and persistent inflation have created new problems. The reorientation of trade away from Europe has resulted in a…

Transnistria's economic problems may grow

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MOLDOVA

Transnistria's economy.

Russia readies for long economic struggle

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RUSSIA

The currency, which has fallen 14% against the dollar so far this year, fell another 3% in morning European trade, sinking below 70 to the dollar. The rate cut comes after the…

Russian government hopes to rein in regional debt

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RUSSIA

A growing number of regions face insolvency, threatening national financial stability and requiring immediate solutions from central government. Regional indebtedness has…

Russian recession will blunt Central Asian growth

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CIS

Russia's economic problems caused by the low price of oil and to a lesser extent Western sanctions are a challenge for Kazakhstan and the four other Central Asian states. In its…

Fast growth will support Central European asset prices

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EUROPE

The muted impact on Central Europe’s financial markets of this month’s sharp declines in asset prices in Russia and Turkey.

Nearby Ukraine will weigh on Central European assets

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CENTRAL EUROPE

This is forcing the region’s central banks to prioritise efforts to curb price pressures over policies to shore up growth. Central Europe’s currencies, particularly the…

Russia faces twin hits from COVID-19 and cheap oil

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RUSSIA

The steep fall in global oil prices and rapid spread of COVID-19 have ended hopes of economic revival in 2020. The government has allocated 300 billion rubles (4 billion dollars…

Isolation from West will bring Russia and Iran closer

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RUSSIA/IRAN

The two countries have turned to each other amid increasing isolation from international banking systems, export markets, and foreign resources and technologies. Deepening their…

Many factors will restrict Russia’s recovery in 2023

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RUSSIA

This turnout was a far milder contraction than the many assessments made at the outset of the invasion of Ukraine of its likely impact on the Russian economy. It prompted a public…