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Aug 30, 2024 | 
theins.ru | Vakhtang Partsvania
RUThe exodus of Western car companies from Russia following Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine caught Kremlin authorities off guard. The government responded by confronting foreign businesses and devising a three-step plan to rescue the domestic automotive industry. The first step involved buying out foreign assets at minimal cost, then transferring them to state structures or Russian companies.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Vladislav Inozemtsev |Vakhtang Partsvania |Yakov Feygin
Last week, as expected, the Central Bank of Russia raised its key interest rate, almost bringing it to a ten-year high. It is quite possible that this level will be reached, if not exceeded, before the end of this year.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Vakhtang Partsvania |Vladislav Inozemtsev
The war in Ukraine has shifted the balance in the global trade in cars, turning some countries without car manufacturing facilities into major exporters. More precisely, those countries have become re-exporters, i.e. they import goods with the intention of reselling them subsequently to other countries. In relatively peaceful times, re-exports are a standard tool for keeping international trade going.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
ridl.io | Vladislav Inozemtsev |Vakhtang Partsvania |András Tóth-Czifra
On 2 November, the US Treasury Department issued the so-called General License No. 76A, imposing a further package of sanctions on Russian individuals and entities: Sistema, St. Petersburg Exchange, Arctic LNG 2 and their subsidiaries. This move by the American authorities has caused a great stir, mainly because it targets Arctic LNG 2 — the operator of a huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) production project, the ultimate beneficiary of which is Novatek.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
ridl.io | Vakhtang Partsvania |András Tóth-Czifra |Vladislav Inozemtsev
Prior to February 2022, the electric vehicle market in Russia had been gaining momentum and the Russian authorities were increasingly adopting various acts of mass support and development of the national electric vehicle industry. The government strategy for the development of the automotive industry, approved in 2018, planned that by 2025 the share of electric cars in total car sales would reach 5% (compared to 0.006% in 2017) and their sales in the country would hit 100,000 units per year.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Vakhtang Partsvania
At the Russian Energy Week forum held in October, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told the city authorities to work on ensuring the majority of cars on Moscow’s streets were electric. Sobyanin’s predecessor Yury Luzhkov proposed a similar initiative in 2007, when he ordered electric vehicle infrastructure to be implemented across the city. Today, 16 years after Luzkhov’s proposal, there are just registered in Moscow (or 0.09% of the city's total passenger car fleet).
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
bne.eu | Vakhtang Partsvania
KSE Institute released its October Russia Chartbook, “Macroeconomic Situation Shows Signs of Improvement, Sanctions Need to Be Tightened” providing an overview of Russia’s economy, foreign trade, fiscal and monetary policies.
Exit polls suggest the Polish opposition coalition is set to take power. Restoring institutional order could unlock the potential of the economy and release EU funds.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
intellinews.com | Vakhtang Partsvania
KSE Institute released its October Russia Chartbook, “Macroeconomic Situation Shows Signs of Improvement, Sanctions Need to Be Tightened” providing an overview of Russia’s economy, foreign trade, fiscal and monetary policies.
Exit polls suggest the Polish opposition coalition is set to take power. Restoring institutional order could unlock the potential of the economy and release EU funds.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
ridl.io | Vakhtang Partsvania |Anton Barbashin |Jack Margolin
The diplomatic scandal between Ukraine and Israel that broke out on August 10 began with a report in the Kyiv Post, which cited «a source in the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine» as saying that the Ukrainian authorities were discussing the idea of canceling the visa-free regime with Israel, since the latter had allegedly «failed to provide Kyiv with any real assistance,» undertakes «hostile actions against Ukraine» and generally «has been taking a pro-Russian position.»...
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
ridl.io | Vakhtang Partsvania |Vladislav Inozemtsev |Maximilian Hess
In recent years, prior to Russia’s full-scale military involvement in Ukraine, relations between the ‘collective West’ (primarily the United States) and China had reached a stage of tension-filled trade wars, acute economic rivalry and growing political confrontation.
