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Foreign brand entries into Russia down 46% in H1 2025
Analysts reported that several international retailers who entered the market in 2023 have begun to scale back their presence.
First direct flight to Pyongyang takes off from Moscow
The flight is performed by a Boeing 777-200ER of the Nordwind air carrier seating 440 passengers.
Investments in Russian economy to continue growing in 2025
The investment activity remains high, in particular because of the government support in priority sectors, Elvira Nabiullina stressed.
Russian Railways expects loading volumes to fall by 5% by year-end
Russian Railways’ loading volumes decreased by 9.2% to 89.3 mln tons of cargoes in June.
Russia managed to soften shock from sanctions
Remaining capital controls effectively curtailed capital outflows and helped preserve buffers despite sanctions, the IMF said.
Russian authorities monitoring fertilizer availability
The government is also refining the preferential leasing mechanism to enable agricultural producers to renew their fleets of equipment.
Rising steel imports increase market sensitivity in Russia
Alexander Shevelev stressed that the key issue for Russian metallurgists regarding steel imports lies not only in lower pricing, but also in the added risks of underconsumption within the domestic market.
EU bans any operations with Russian Direct Investment Fund
According to the statement, companies and financial institutions will be selected by the EU Council.
Russian banks’ profit in June rises by one third, reaching $5 bln
Overall, banks earned $21.7 bln in the first half of the year, matching the result for the same period in 2024.
Weekly inflation in Russia slowing down to 0.02%
Consumer prices ticked up by 0.81% from the start of July and by 4.61% year to date.