The government has extended the ban on the export of automobile gasoline from Russia for the third time – the restrictions will now be in effect until February 28, 2026, inclusive. This was reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers, noting that the measure is aimed at maintaining a stable situation in…
Despite Rosstat’s reports about a sharp decline in the poverty rate, tens of millions of Russian citizens are in a “pre-poverty” state, as they can only afford food and basic goods. As RBC reports, this was stated at a meeting of the Stolypin Club by Dmitry Belousov, the brother of Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, who…
The Russian housing construction market is facing a “collapse” if the annual volume of mortgage issuance falls below 4 trillion rubles, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. “We would like to see at least as many mortgages issued in 2026 as in 2025. We understand that to maintain the necessary pace of construction, we…
In 2025, more than 20 Russian clothing and footwear brands closed all their retail outlets. A year earlier, there were only four such companies. This follows from the data of the consulting organization CORE.XP, which are cited by “Vedomosti”. Clothing sellers Incity, Mai Collection, Mudo, Noun, Ready! Steady! Go!, Yollo, shoe retailers Megatop and Urban…
Industrial production in Russia in November 2025 began to decline, reported Rosstat. Overall, the economy’s output volumes decreased by 0.7% in annual terms, and in the manufacturing sector, they fell into the red for the first time since February 2023 – by 1% year-on-year. Mining increased by 0.7%, but sectors outside the raw materials industry…
From January 1, Russia plans to change the system of calculating the eco-tax on car tires, sources of Izvestia in the government reported. According to them, the rate will now depend on the carcinogenicity of the materials used for production. In particular, when using environmentally hazardous compounds, one of the coefficients for calculating the eco-tax…
Russian developers are reducing the construction of economy-class housing. In 2023, every fourth new apartment (26.7%) was offered in this segment, in 2024 – already every fifth (21.3%), and by November of this year, the figure dropped to 17.8%. This follows from the data of the federal company “Etaji”, which are cited by “Izvestia”. Over…