Income inequality in Russia to stop growing in 2025

11 march 2025

In 2022, Russian statistics recorded the lowest income inequality for 20 years. However, in 2023 there was an increase in inequality in almost all region...

Rapid growth in money supply keeps maintaining high inflation

04 march 2025

At its first meeting in 2025, the Bank of Russia kept the key rate at 21% per annum. In January, inflation accelerated to 9.9%. The reason for the i...

Foreign trade outcome in 2024

03 march 2025

In 2024, Russian exports amounted to $417 bn (-1.7% vs. 2023). Non-raw non-energy exports are also stagnating. The share of markets of neutral countries ...

Balance of payments in Q4 2024

06 february 2025

In Q4 2024, the current account surplus fell by 2.4 times compared with Q4 2023 resulting from reduction in the value of exports and a slight g...