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A major endorsement from a very influential bureaucrat. Russia InsiderTop Russian Finance Official (Sergey Gorkov) Gives Huge Endorsement to Cryptos Lewis Hayward
Read More »John Helmer — We Are Back, Again – Just Two Years to Go Before the Profession of Journalism Disappears, but Will the Russian Oligarchs Go First?
Mostly on sanctioning Russian oligarchs that the US "advisers" in the Yeltsin years created the conditions for though speedy neoliberal privatization of state assets in the belief that "the market will sort it out." "The market" was assumed to be US control. When that blew up as the Russian economy collapsed and social unrest rose, the US decided on another tack to get back in the driver's seat.Dances with BearsWe Are Back, Again – Just Two Years to Go Before the Profession of Journalism...
Read More »Alexander — Russia’s inflation rate continues its plunge
Annual inflation rate stands at 2.3%, lowest in Russian history. Russia FeedRussia’s inflation rate continues its plungeAlexander
Read More »Paul Antonopoulos — [Central] Banker: Russian inflation will be about 3% in early 2018 – economy continues to grow despite US sanctions
Russian economy on track in spite of sanctions.Fort Russ[Central] Banker:Russian inflation will be about 3% in early 2018 - economy continues to grow despite US sanctionsPaul Antonopoulos
Read More »Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference — official English transcript
The President’s news conference was broadcast live by Rossiya 1, Rossiya 24 and Channel One, as well as Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. The President of Russia (official English translation)Vladimir Putin’s annual news conferenceDecember 14, 2017, Moscow
Read More »Alexander — Russia defies Western expectations; ends 2017 with minimal budget deficit, bigger reserves
The US thinks it can "bankrupt" Russia with sanctions. Contrary to Western claims Russia in 2017 did not ‘run out of money’… What is extraordinary is not that Russia has not run out of money. It is that supposedly serious people in the West ever thought it would. The dismal truth is that no economic catastrophe in Russia is too farfetched to prevent some people in the West predicting it, whilst there is never any penalty for these people when regular as clockwork the predicted economic...
Read More »Russia Feed — Russia’s economic minister says lack of infrastructure is country’s biggest weakness
Maksim Oreshkin said poor roads are holding back economic development This is a notorious issue. Russia is a huge country. It's a problem for transportation but also an economic opportunity for public investment. Russia Feed Russia’s economic minister says lack of infrastructure is country’s biggest weakness
Read More »SVPressa — Study: Highest salaries in Russia are not in Moscow
A look at employment compensation in Russia.Fort RussStudy: Highest salaries in Russia are not in Moscow SVPressa - translated by Inessa Sinchougovasee alsoRussian finance minister: Our deficit will not surpass 2% of the 2017 GDP Paul Antonopoulos
Read More »Tom Luongo — Bank of Russia’s Worries Stifling Growth
The Bank of Russia continues to sabotage Russia's economic recovery by over-estimating the effects of a hostile U.S. Congress. Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Elvira Nabiullina. Russia InsiderBank of Russia’s Worries Stifling GrowthTom Luongo
Read More »Paul Robinson — Interview with Mikhail Remizov
Backgrounder. It's longish, so save it for weekend reading. It is the best analysis of Russian conservatism I have run across. They discuss the economy near the end. The beginning is Rusian history and the middle is Russian politics. Russian public opinion is more sovereigntist, more conservative than the Russian government. Most Russians are not raging liberals clamoring for universal rights, freedom and democracy, and internationalism. They are first and foremost Russians, for whom the...
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