29 Oct 2019
Russia: Stability has been maintained thanks to a strong macroeconomic policy framework, but growth prospects remain weak
A strong macroeconomic framework
COUNTRY: Russia
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13 Mar 2018
Policy continuity is expected as President Putin is widely expected to win a second term
Event Russian presidential elections – opposing eight candidates – are scheduled on 18 March 2018. Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win the next contest and to be re-elected.
COUNTRY: Russia
02 Feb 2018
Russia: No new US sanctions for now, but risk subsists
Event On 29 January, the US Treasury published a list of Russian politicians and businessmen as required by section 241 of the Countering America’s ...
COUNTRY: Russia
01 Aug 2017
Russia: New US sanctions overwhelmingly approved by US Senate and House of Representatives
Event The US Senate and House of Representatives almost unanimously approved new sanctions against Russia. The bill also includes measures against ...
COUNTRY: Russia
04 Jul 2017
Russia: The USA targets new entities while the EU extends current sanctions
Event In June, the EU sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol were extended until 23 June 2018 and sanctions on Russia were extended for a further 6 ...
COUNTRY: Russia
05 Jan 2017
Russia: EU extends its sanctions and US targets additional entities
Event The Minsk agreement is still not fully implemented by Ukraine and Russia and violence continues to flare up periodically (e.g. very tense ...
COUNTRY: Russia
04 Oct 2016
United Russia party won majority of votes
Event President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won the majority of the votes in the parliamentary elections. The elections were marked by low ...
COUNTRY: Russia
05 Jul 2016
EU extended sanctions against Russia for a further six months
Event On 1 July, the EU Council decided to renew its sanctions against Russia for six months in order to enable it to further assess the ...
COUNTRY: Russia
06 Jan 2016
Russia: EU sanctions prolonged and US sanctions extended
Event At the end of December, the EU Council decided to renew its sanctions on Russia for 6 months in order to enable it to further assess the ...
COUNTRY: Russia
01 Jul 2015
EU extends sanctions against Russia
Event EU foreign ministers have extended sectorial sanctions against Russia until the end of January 2016 in order to make Russia comply with the ...
COUNTRY: Russia
01 Jan 2015
Impact of the sharp depreciation of the rouble
Event In December, the Russian rouble plummeted to a record-low level. Since then, it has somewhat rebounded, but all in all, the rouble depreciated ...
COUNTRY: Russia
01 Dec 2014
High commercial risk amid rouble depreciation
Event In November, the rouble depreciated markedly (cf. graph). The sharp depreciation of the rouble since the beginning of the year (more than 45%) ...
COUNTRY: Russia
