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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Retailer X5 Accelerates Revenue Growth Amid Russia's Food Import Ban
Russian supermarket operator X5 Retail Group raised its revenue forecast to 17-19 percent this year after posting a 49 percent increase in third-quarter net profit.
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Finance Ministry Eyes 10% Cuts to Russia's State Spending as Economic Outlook Worsens
With sanctions, oil price falls and the ruble devaluation making Russia's official growth forecasts look increasingly overconfident, the Finance Ministry will draw up contingency measures to shave 10 percent off state spending in 2016 and 2017, business daily Vedomosti reported, citing undisclosed government sources.
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Russia's September GDP Up 1.1 Percent
Russia's economy grew by 1.1 percent year-on-year in September, compared with zero growth in the previous month, a senior Economy Ministry official said on Monday.
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Syria Applies for Free Trade Zone With Russia
Syria this month applied for the creation of a free trade zone with Russia, Deputy Economic Development Minister Alexei Likhachyov told news agency TASS on Friday.
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Putin: Russia Won't 'Burn' Through Foreign Currency Reserves to Protect Ruble
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Finance Minister: Russia Needs Backup Budget For Worst-Case Scenario
Russia must create a contingency budget to counter the threat that Western sanctions, economic stagnation and low oil prices will dash the country's hopes of restoring growth in the near term, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.
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Russia Is Breaking Promise to Fight Corruption in Global Trade, Report Says
Russia is among several big exporting nations to have broken a pledge to fight corruption in global trade, a report by Transparency International says.
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Russia's First Arctic Base Opens for Business
Russia's plans to militarize its Arctic territories gained pace on Wednesday with the opening of a new military base on Wrangel Island, Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesperson for the Eastern Military District told the RIA Novosti news agency.
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Russia Finance Ministry Announces Forex Deposit Auctions to Ease U.S. Dollar Shortfall
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday his ministry would hold its first foreign exchange deposit auction in early November.
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Russia Slaps Ukraine With Fruit and Vegetable Import Ban
Russia will impose a temporary ban on fruit and vegetable imports from Ukraine from Wednesday, Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said Tuesday.
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Russia Expands Western Food Import Ban
Russia's European food import ban on Tuesday will be expanded to include animal fat and meat byproduct imports, Russia's food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.
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As Sanctions War Rages On, France Seeks Closer Business Ties With Russia
Despite political tension over Ukraine, French business remains committed to exploring the Russian market, with the French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently announcing a new project to help French companies start up business in Russia.
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Marketing Internazionale
Verso Oriente: Milano al centro del mondo per il vertice ASEM
“In questi anni abbiamo cancellato la parola crescita. È molto importante tenere i conti in ordine, ma bisogna investire sul domani. Solo così si esce dalla crisi.” E' così che il Primo Ministro Italiano, Matteo Renzi, padrone di casa a Milano in occasione della decima riunione Asia Europe Meeting – ASEM, ...
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Russia's Debt Rating Slashed Again by Moody's as Economy Falters
Moody's Investors Service cut Russia's sovereign debt rating to 'Baa2' from 'Baa1', becoming the second ratings agency to cut the country's ratings this year, after S&P initiated a downgrade in April.
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Moscow Metro Announces $3.2 Billion Tender for Modern Train Cars
The Moscow metro on Friday announced an international tender worth more than 130 billion rubles ($3.2 billion) to supply 768 metro cars and service them under a 30-year contract.
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Kremlin Tightens Screws on Russia's Last Foreign-Owned Newspaper
Influential business newspaper Vedomosti is facing escalating political pressure amid a new media law that targets its foreign owners and the imminent sale of a major shareholder's stake.
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Price of Apples Set to Double as Moscow's Import Ban Squeezes Supply
Russia's cheapest apples are expected to roughly double in price by the beginning of next year as Moscow's bans on food imports from Western countries that have sanctioned it over Ukraine drive up inflation, the Izvestia newspaper reported Thursday.
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Finance Minister Says Russia's Forex Deposits Will Have One Month Term
Russia's newly announced foreign exchange deposits will carry a term of one month or longer, a senior Finance Ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Sanctions-Hit Russia Signs Deals with China on Energy and Finance
Russia and China signed energy, finance and trade deals on Monday hailed by Moscow as evidence a policy turn towards Asia will help it weather Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis.
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Russia to Import Crocodile Meat to Replace Sanctioned Pork, Beef
Russia's food safety watchdog has approved the import of crocodile meat from the Philippines to replace the beef and pork banned under Moscow's restrictions on foods from Western countries, a news report said.
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Marketing Internazionale
UE-Russia: sanzioni confermate ma l'inverno si avvicina
In un recente appello pubblico il Vice Presidente per l’Europa di Confindustria, Luisa Ferrarini - nota imprenditrice del settore agroalimentare – ha lanciato un grido d’allarme di fronte ai dati relativi al I^ semestre 2014 e alla contrazione delle vendite italiane del 9% verso la Federazione Russa e del 25% ...