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By Rhod Mackenzie

The financial performance of Russian businesses acros all sectors of the economy have shown a positive trend, with profits returning to growth. According to reports , profits for the period between January and May of this year increased by 13% to reach 13 trillion rubles.
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By Rhod Mackenzie

Yesterday, Russian Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut presented the results of a decade-long food embargo, which was initiated by a presidential decree and prohibits the import of agricultural products and food to Russia from countries that introduced or supported anti-Russian sa...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is one of the world's largest econmies yet its public debt level is one of the lowest per capita. Russia is now ranked second only to India and Indonesia in the list of countries with the lowest debt per capita.
Now do remember when the Soviet Union collpased , Russia i...

In the last few months I have made a number of videos about the Russian agricultural sector an how it is now self sufficient in fod production across wheat,grains and cerials,in meat including, beef,pork and poultry,even eggs.It has also expanded its food production from just growing it to a full ar...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian State Duma plans to consider the bill on regulating cryptocurrency mining in the first reading in the coming days. The bill was drafted a year and a half ago and has since undergone several revisions. It was only recently, following the president’s order last week, th...

Since the beginning of the year, the Russian manufacturing has grown by 8.8%. Companies are successfully meeting the challenges posed by the sanctions and are even using them as an opportunity for further growth. At the same time, however, they are not exempt from the high modern standards of produc...