Economy Weekly
The rise of Russia’s foreign trade middlemen Paid 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. Our top story this week is about the transformative effect Western financial sanctions are having on Russia’s foreign trade. We also look at why so
Central Bank hikes rates to 21% Paid 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. Our top story is the Central Bank’s decision to hike interest rates to a record 21%. We also look at the IMF’s upgrade of
Russia pushes BRICS to take anti-Western turn Paid 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. Our top story is a look ahead at the BRICS summit due to take place in Russia next week. We also examine whether an international money
Why does Russia have a yuan shortage? Paid Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Denis Kasyanchuk and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. This week, our top story is a deep-dive analysis of Russia’s yuan liquidity crisis. We also look at the escalating conflict over online retailer Wildberries
Inside Russia’s budget: Taxes, borrowing, reserves Paid 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 inside Russia’s record high government budget, detailing the plans for taxes and spending, assessing the solidity of Moscow’s reserves and
Russia on track to set new military spending records Paid 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 a deep-dive analysis of the draft budget for the next three years. We also look at why Gazprom’s profitability
Is Russia’s economy addicted to military spending? Paid 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 analysis of whether—and how—Russia’s economy could demilitarize in the event of a ceasefire in Ukraine. We
Is Russia’s overheated economy finally starting to cool? Paid 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 looks at the signs that the economy is finally starting to cool. We also analyze what an oil price of about