Russia

BMI View: We are revising down our 2013 real GDP forecast for Russia to 2.6% from 3.6% previously, on the back of signals that President Vladimir Putin is willing to let headline growth... 2013-05-01

Relations between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appear to have deteriorated significantly over the past month, with Putin's public criticism of Medvedev... 2013-05-01

BMI View: Consumer price inflation ticked up to 7.3% y-o-y in February, from 6.6% at the end of 2012, and well outside the central bank's 5-6.0% target range. This is likely to prevent... 2013-03-28

BMI View: The direct impact on Russian banks of the Cyprus bank bailout combined with losses for those with savings in Cypriot banks places downside pressure on our 3.4% real GDP growth... 2013-03-28

Russia has stated it wants play a key security role in Central Asia following NATOs withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, which is due to be completed by end-2014. We have long highlighted... 2013-03-28

United Russia MP Vladimir Pekhtin stepped down as head of the parliamentary ethics committee on February 20 after an anti-corruption blogger unearthed documents proclaiming he owned... 2013-02-25

BMI View: We forecast Russian consumer price inflation to fall to 6.3% by end-2013, from 7.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January. Demand-side pressures are set to fall in line with our... 2013-02-25