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Severstal owner Alexei Mordashov backs president’s call for companies to fund Kremlin’s social spending pledges
Consumer price growth hit 6% in May, driven by easing of Covid rules and rise in food prices
Construction and agriculture worst affected as Covid border closures and Moscow’s harsh rhetoric deter foreign labour
Absence of rule of law and tensions with the west serve as a deterrent to foreign investment
Measures include curbs on Russia’s sovereign debt market and expulsion of diplomats
Talks over Ukraine are prize for Russian leader who craves seat at world’s highest negotiating table
Currency drops 3% in month as geopolitical threat overshadows robust economic forecasts
Past measures have arguably only helped Putin strengthen the country’s financial barricades
Living standards slide amid stagnant growth, weak investment and government austerity
Government says it will regulate cost of ‘socially significant goods’ if they climb more than 10%
Investors worry a Biden win could spark new sanctions against Moscow
Russian hegemony over the former Soviet space can no longer be assured
Continued support for less well-off set to wipe out fiscal surplus of recent years
Protests in the ex-Soviet republic are pro-democracy, not anti-Russian
Lingering effect of lockdown weighs on manufacturing, spending and investment
Vladimir Putin suggests country has weathered worst of pandemic, but virus not yet in retreat
Rate cuts and savings tax raid prompt millions to pour cash into shares and bonds
Volte-face comes shortly after vote that allows Russian president to extend his rule for another 16 years
Local service-sector enterprises flounder in an economy dominated by large industrial groups
Prime ministerial stand-in faces task of managing pandemic while getting economy moving again
‘Hard and difficult path lies ahead’, says president in sombre TV speech to nation
Belated move comes despite pressure it will put on inflation and rouble
As the economy deteriorates, confidence in president’s regime shows signs of waning
The dynamics of Putin’s regime puts onus on big business to help the state in troubled times
Emerging economies seek to support currencies as they face historic sell-off
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