Evidence of import substitution can be found only in the agriculture and the food industry: a decrease in the import volume across individual positions (meat, poultry, fish and grain crop flour) was accompanied by Household output growth. Also, simultaneously with a drop in imports, some output...

Amid prolonged trade tensions, high political uncertainties and the COVID-19 pandemic, the global growth outlook has become much worse. In the past year, in global economic growth rates there was a dramatic slowdown both of international trade flows and global production activities. The growing...

Russia has been actively participating in the dispute settlement system handled by the WTO. As of the year-end of 2019, Russia had been involved in a total of 96 disputes: in 8 disputes as a complainant, in 9 disputes as a respondent, and in 79 disputes as a third party. In 2019, Russia became a...

Russian Abstract: В 2021 г. российский товарооборот увеличился по сравнение с предыдущим годом на 38% – до 785 млрд долл., достигнув максимального с 2014 г. уровня. Повышение цен...

In 2021, Russia’s trade turnover increased by 38% to $785 bn, the maximum level since 2014. Appreciation of prices for fuel and energy commodities (+61%) amid stable volumes of exports (-1.7%) made it feasible to increase the value of exports to $267 bn (+59%). The record-high value of $197.8...

In the first seven months of 2021, the Russian foreign trade turnover significantly exceeded the pre-covid level, increasing by 12.2% compared to January-July 2019. Exports of energy and raw materials in value terms did not return to the pre-crisis level (a decrease of 9.8% compared to...

Russian Abstract: Статус России как международного донора был подтвержден Правительством РФ в кризисный 2020-й год. Большая доля российской помощи (более 44%) в 2020 г. была...

An inclusion of non-market goods and services which are core to the digital economy in the system of economic circulation affects the basic socio-economic indicators both in Russian and in international practice. In this connection, the goal of this study is to develop a methodological basis for...

The statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI) for 2017 published in early April by the Central Bank of Russia shows a change in the dynamics of an increase in FDI inflows to the Russian Federation that was outlined in 2016 and in the first three quarters of 2017. The slowdown in capital...

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...