Finance

Russia’s Investment Chamber (RIC) brokerage, which has been mandated to organize the exchange of frozen assets between Russian and non-resident investors, has announced the completion of settlements for the purchase of foreign securities. RIC commented that “Despite external sanctions pressure while bids were being accepted, RIC managed to sell to non-residents about a quarter of […]

Russia just became the world’s largest crypto economy As we had predicted, Russia has adopted a law in the second and third readings that allows cross-border settlements and exchange trading in digital currency within the framework of experimental legal regimes (ELR) from September 1.  Russian lawmakers also legalized cryptocurrency mining in Russia. The Central Bank […]

Russia has risen to the eighth place in global manufacturing output, according to a report issued by “Make UK”,  a British institution that represents UK manufacturers and competitive markets. The report  includes a wide variety of data about the contribution of manufacturing to different economies including exports, sectoral breakdown, R&D investment, salary levels and provides […]

Changes in Russia’s policy towards allowing Foreign banks to operate in the county are in the pipeline, as growing problems with cross-border payments have forced the government and the Central Bank to agree to open branches of foreign banks in Russia. These have been strictly prohibited in recent decades. Additionally, Russian officials are ready to […]

One of the difficulties when reporting statistics concerning Russia or the European Union in these chaotic times is the ultra-partisan nature of contemporary thought. Anything pro-Russian or Western-negative is automatically regarded as suspect and not to be trusted. Such items are also avoided as subjects for discussion in Western media. Hiding the truth has always […]