About 65% of Russians save on entertainment and restaurants, 52% - on vacations and travel, 47% - on clothes and shoes, almost the same amount - on beauty salons and hairdressing salons, according to a poll conducted by Raiffeisenbank.
Only 2.6% stopped saving this year. At the same time, 31%...
The minimum wage is an obsolete instrument that must be abandoned, and one should focus only on the living wage, said Nikolai Arefiev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on innovation development and entrepreneurship.
For 30 years, society has become accustomed to such an indicator as the minimum...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved funding of approximately $17.55 billion for Russia, as part of general support for all countries affected by the pandemic.
The money will be sent to the international reserves of the Russian Federation, Russian media reported.
The size of the international reserves of the Russian Federation,...
Non-residents in July increased their investments in Russian federal loan bonds (OFZ) by 172 billion rubles (+ 5.8%) - from 2.985 trillion rubles up to 3.157 trillion rubles, according to the Bank of Russia.
The volume of the OFZ market grew by 160 billion rubles in July (+ 1.1%) -...
The Russian economy is growing at a faster pace than the government expected.
"The budget is being replenished with higher revenues. This year we estimate additional revenues plus or minus 1.6-1.7 trillion rubles," Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.
As for the lump-sum...
The volume of the National Wealth Fund (NWF) increased in the first half of the year by 28.9 billion rubles. (+ 0.2%) to 13 trillion 574.6 billion rubles, which is 11.7% of Russia's GDP, according to the Accounts Chamber, Russian media reported.
Eight trillion 313.3 billion rubles were deposited in...
Eight regions will receive 5.9 billion rubles for the early completion of the resettlement program for emergency housing, recognized as such by the beginning of 2017, according to the Fund for Assistance to Housing and Utilities Reform.
The list includes Bashkiria, Karelia, North Ossetia, Tatarstan, Khabarovsk Territory, Kemerovo, and Novosibirsk...
After the economic recovery phase, which is almost complete, it is important that there is no pause, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, speaking on Tuesday at the congress of the United Russia party.
Putin President stressed that the country is on the right track, almost everything has been done in...
