Since numerous foreign cosmetics companies withdrew from Russia in 2022, Russian manufacturers have been gaining an increasing share of the market. According to the National Consumer Protection Association, the market share was…

Russia's GDP grew by only 0.6% in the first half of 2026, while industrial production rose by 0.1% over seven months. BOFIT, PSB, and Raiffeisenbank see the outlook as gloomy—growth is now driven almost exclusively by war-related sectors.

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According to market research firm BusinessStat, Russia's restaurant market has doubled in revenue since 2021, reaching 4.29 bio rubles—equivalent to approximately 45 billion euros. No segment accounts for…

The annual growth rate of Russian bank deposits slowed from 23% to 10.4% over the course of two years. Experts attribute the declining savings rate to the end of two…

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VEB.RF dismissed its chief economist, Andrey Klepach, on August 16, three months after a speech at the Nikitsky Club of the Moscow Stock Exchange. What Klepach said there, how Boris Grozovsky, Ben Aris, russland.capital, and Sergei Guriev assess the situation—and why it wasn’t the analysis itself that was new, but rather the fact that it was made public.

Rosstat estimates Russia's GDP growth in the second quarter of 2026 at 1.3%—significantly higher than the government, the central bank, and analysts had expected. Some experts are raising their annual forecasts, while others are warning of weak leading indicators.

The extent to which Russia's economy grew in the first half of 2026 is a matter of debate: the IEF-RAS, the VEB Institute, and the Central Bank have differing estimates of GDP growth.

Russia's online retail sector generated 11.5 trillion rubles in revenue in 2025, equivalent to approximately 130 billion euros, representing a 28% increase. Wildberries and Ozon account for about 70% of the market; new regulations will take effect in October 2026.

Rosstat data for the first half of 2026: Russia’s gross domestic product grew by only 0.3%. Research institutes and banks are lowering their forecasts—wiiw expert Vasily Astrov speaks of stagnation.

At the same time, it raised its forecast for the increase in consumer prices at the end of 2026 to 6.0% to 7.0%.