In January-July 2021, the Russian foreign trade turnover surpassed considerably the pre-pandemic level (growth of 12.2% on January-July 2019). The value of exports of energy and primary commodities failed to return to the pre-crisis level (a decrease of 9.8% on January-July 2019). In...

In 2020, the funding of the banking sector remained rather balanced: the funding base structure of credit institutions did not shift notably. Decline in deposit interest rates boost gradual change in behavior of bank customers and accelerate demand for securities, gold, PIF shares and other...