Sales of imported vehicles fell by 34% compared to the previous year. In Russia, about 1.5 million new cars were sold, which is 20% less than a year earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Trade stated. At the same time, domestic manufacturers improved their performance and sold more than 830 thousand cars, which cannot be…
Car deliveries from China to Russia in January-November amounted to $8.1 billion, calculated the Gaidar Institute based on data from the Chinese customs administration. Due to the increase in the recycling fee, they have halved, its analysts write. In total, over 11 months, China, according to data from the national automakers’ association CAAM, exported 6.34…
Gazprom’s deliveries to Europe at the end of 2025 have decreased by another 44%, to 18 billion cubic meters. This was reported by Reuters, citing statistics from the “Turkish Stream” – the last operating pipeline through which Russian gas is supplied to European countries. The volumes of gas pumped to what was once Gazprom’s largest…
The volume of Russian oil supplies to India in December 2025 will amount to about 1.1 million barrels per day, which will be the lowest figure since November 2022, writes Bloomberg, citing data from Kpler. In November, India bought 1.77 million barrels of crude from Russia per day. According to estimates, in the second week…
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…