Small Businesses to Be Rescued with Preferential Loans
Entrepreneurs to be offered lending programme to replenish working capital
Budget System’s Wage Arrears Surge Thousands-Fold
Wage arrears in Russia have risen sharply, almost doubling year-on-year. Until recently, overdue wages accumulated primarily because companies lacked their own financial resources. Now, however, unpaid wages attributable to the budget system are growing rapidly as well: overdue salary obligations linked to public-sector funding have…
Investment Tax Break Becomes a Mirror of Economic Policy
Officials seek to stimulate and curb capital investment at the same time
Domestic Workload Weighs on Birth Rate
Women’s labour burden within the family is several times higher than men’s
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Narrative Justice Prevails Despite the Constitution
Lawyers debate how to revive the principle of adversarial proceedings
Inflation Perceived by the Public Exceeds 15%
Planned tariff increases are fuelling anxious expectations
CPRF Being Squeezed Out of Elections in Three Regions
In Omsk and Orenburg, party activists are being labelled extremists and non-systemic figures
Chinese Youth View Russia as a Resource-and-Military Power
Russian digital innovations have yet to become an instrument of soft power abroad
Business to Be ‘Firmly and Flexibly’ Shifted to Domestic Software
Government to introduce monitoring of purchases of Russian software
Chinese Tourism in Russia Is Poorly Monetised
Between USD 800 mln and 1.5 bln a year fails to reach the Russian economy…
Debt Relief Swapped for Technological Leadership
Regions continue to receive write-offs on state debt
New Consumer Group May Have Little Need for Mortgages, Cars or Loans
Russia’s shifting age profile is set to have a direct impact on corporate strategy and…
Russian Investment Could Fall Another 3.5 % This Year
Official forecasts move closer to Russia’s stagnation reality