Markets are losing faith in the possibility of peace in Ukraine PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our main story is a look at what the markets think about the chances of the U.S. and Russia reaching a deal to
Russia has a spending problem PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is Russia’s record budget deficit means and fresh stagflation fears. We also highlight how the latest Western sanctions on Russia’
Russia hopes for sanctions relief PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story looks at Russian hopes for sanctions relief as part of any deal to half the Ukraine war. We also cover mixed
Nationalization campaign charges ahead PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy – written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is a look at how Moscow’s Domodedovo airport became the latest target for an escalating nationalization campaign. We also look
Russia’s uphill struggle boost market capitalization PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy – written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is a look at the obstacles facing Russia’s drive to get people to invest their savings into the stock market.
No, Russia is not on the verge of a banking crisis PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy – written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is an in-depth look at why claims of an imminent banking crisis in Russia are overblown. We also also examine the
Russia’s oil sector reels from US sanctions PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy – written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. This week we look at the impact of tough new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil sector. We also analyse the state of Russian agriculture
THE BELL WEEKLY: Russia’s patience with YouTube running out PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to our final weekly newsletter of the year! This week we look at how Russia is moving closer to blocking YouTube, the country’s most popular video site. Putin weighs in on YouTube slowdown debate After the invasion of Ukraine, many Russians turned to YouTube as their primary
The Russian economy in 9 graphs PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy – written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. As the year draws to a close, we take a step back to assess the state of the Russian economy in 9 different graphs. We also
Putin and Belousov warn NATO: Russia is preparing for war PRO Members Public
Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov delivered their end-of-year report to a giant defense ministry conference on Monday, hailing the state of affairs at the front and in the rear. They talked about the latest successes in the Ukraine invasion, the increase in military spending and Russia’s preparations
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