At the beginning of 2013 the Russian economy was characterized by the slowdown of the internal and external demand. This year the domestic market was considerably influenced by the drop of production in February 2013 by 2.1% as compared with February 2012. The manufacturing industry index in...

In Q3 2012 the GDP growth rates slowed down to 2.8% versus 3.9% in Q2 and 4.9% in Q1 2012. In September 2012 as compared with September 2011 investments in fixed assets contracted by 1.3% and workload in construction – by 5.6%. In September 2012 for the first time in the post-crisis period...

According to preliminary estimates of the Ministry of Economic Development, annual growth rate of GDP in 2015 has come to 96.3% in comparison with the previous year. The fall of the growth rates of the Russian economy is due to the drastic contraction of domestic demand. Investments in fixed...

In November 2015, the economic dynamics' downward trend gathered momentum. Annual industrial production index in November 2015 amounted to 96.5%, including manufacturing sector – to 94.7%. Fixed capital investment in November of the current year contracted by 4.9% against November 2014 amid...

The period of 2014–2016 saw mixed investment dynamics driven by the factors and conditions for (1) recovery from the crisis of 2009–2012 and (2) for Russian economy's adaptation amid restricted access to global capital markets. Russia's investment crisis hit a peak in H1 2009, and fixed...

According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, in Q1 2015 GDP amounted to 97.8% against the index of Q1 2014. A simultaneous shrinkage of consumer demand and investments in capital assets had a negative effect on the domestic market in 2015....

In early 2015, Russia's domestic market was strongly affected by the simultaneous shrinkage of consumer and investment demand. In February 2015, the retail trade turnover index amounted to 92.3% in annual terms; the index of paid services delivered to the population amounted to 98.5%; and the...

Early in 2015, a further drop in investment activities was registered. In January-February 2015, investments in capital assets and the volumes of jobs in the building industry amounted to 93.6% and 96.7%, respectively, as compared to the relevant indices of the previous year

The Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy has analyzed the state of Russia's light industry and made a comparative analysis of the competitive power of production chains of Russian manufacturers and their principal foreign competitors. The analysis shows low degree of integration of Russia's...

In January 2015, a drop of 5.1% and 6.3% year-on-year in retail trade volume and investments in capital assets, respectively, had a considerable effect on the domestic market. The dynamics of the consumer market was determined by a simultaneous drop of 5.5% and 3.5% in demand on food products...