Russian citizens are increasingly saving on food and switching to purchases in hard discounters due to the “economic context,” said Ekaterina Lobacheva, president of the X5 Group, the country’s largest retailer, which unites more than 27 thousand stores in all regions, in an interview with “Kommersant”. “In 2025, the growth of consumption slowed down. Previously,…
The cost of delivering containers with cargo from China to Russia and to Europe has differed several times over since October, analysts at the Gazprombank Economic Forecasting Center (CEP) noted. By mid-December, the container index of the Price Research Center (PRC) amounted to $6159, and delivering a container from the East to Rotterdam would cost…
The volume of non-payments by state-owned companies to Russian businesses in 2025 has soared by approximately 2.7 times in annual terms, writes “Vedomosti” with reference to the SME Corporation. We are talking about contracts concluded within the framework of public procurement (223-FZ). “If in 2024 there were 200 appeals for a total amount of 1.5…