Real wages in Russia in April decreased by 2% in annual terms, follows from the data of Rosstat. Seems to be not so much, but statistics take into account only the official data. Earnings of workers in the informal sector fell much more. Businesses take time to Supplement sagging budgets …
Read More »Putin noted the economic recovery after the release from quarantine restrictions
Russia’s economy is gradually recovering as exit epidemiological limitations, said Friday Vladimir Putin during an online conference with representatives of the industries affected by the pandemic. Thus, according to him, many businesses and organizations that all those hard weeks and months to “keep the economic and industrial front against the …
Read More »The Russians because of the coronavirus have become worse to pay for utility services
Payments for utility services in the whole country decreased by 7-10% in may-June in connection with the epidemiological situation of coronavirus, said the Vice-Premier of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin. “We see that while the people were in isolation – payments was bad. In the whole country the fall of …
Read More »Medvedev spoke about the triple impact of coronavirus on the Russian economy
Medvedev spoke about the triple impact of coronavirus on the Russian economy Coronavirus in 2020 were dealt a triple blow to the Russian economy. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, in an article for the journal “Russia in global politics”. According to him, the …
Read More »The cost of gasoline AI-95 has reached the absolute record for the entire history of observations
The cost of gasoline AI-95 at the St. Petersburg international Mercantile exchange (SPIMEX) reached its absolute record for all history of observations. The attention it drew to “Interfax”. According to the exchange, at the end of trading on 17 June, the price of AI-95 on the national index came in …
Read More »The chamber declined to comment on the failure of the “Power of Siberia” Gazprom
The chamber declined to comment on “the Ribbon.ru” the information about the possible failure of the multibillion-dollar contract to supply gas to China on the part of the state company “Gazprom”. Department under the direction of Alexei Kudrin considered that possible failure of one of the major oil and gas …
Read More »Russia sharply increased spending on defense
The Russian government continues to increase public spending on defense and security forces, despite a sharp deterioration in the Federal budget, which in may was faced with a 3-fold decrease of oil and gas revenues. For the first five months 2020 military expenditures reached 1,409 trillion rubles, it follows from …
Read More »25 million Russians do not have enough money for meat
Every sixth citizen of Russia can not afford to buy meat to eat in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of health. Such figures in an interview with “Vedomosti” cited Sergey Mikhailov, General Director of “Cherkizovo” – one of the country’s largest producers of pork and poultry. According to …
Read More »Figure of the day: one Apple today is 22 1116 Gazprom and Aeroflot
All “big” the Russian economy is the same as one of the departments one of the major international corporations Network analyst Vadim Zhartun drew attention in his blog on the very interesting figures: “Yesterday, the capitalization of Apple set another record, reaching the mark in 1529 billion. Half a trillion …
Read More »Sberbank buys 2GIS
Sberbank signed the documents on acquisition of controlling interest in a map service 2GIS. Following the transaction, the savings Bank will receive 75% of service that was valued at RUB 14.3 billion, according to the website of the Bank. Sberbank’s share in 2GIS is 72%, and 3% receive OOO “О2О …
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