In Russia, there is an acute shortage of one of the key chemotherapy drugs – “Carboplatin”. The medicine, used to treat lung, ovarian, bladder, and breast cancer, as well as in veterinary medicine for animals with malignant tumors, is almost impossible to find in pharmacies, reports “Caution, News”. A resident of Penza told the publication…
According to the new, January IMF assessment, in 2026, the Russian GDP will increase by only 0.8% — 0.2 percentage points less than the fund expected in October, and 0.4 percentage points less than the forecast that the IMF gave in January 2025. As a result, in the current year, the Russian economy will grow…
The federal budget of Russia in 2025 was in deficit for the fourth consecutive year: the government’s revenues were lower than its expenditures by 5.645 trillion rubles, reported the Ministry of Finance on Monday. Compared to 2024 (3.471 trillion rubles), the “hole” in the treasury increased by 1.6 times, and in relative terms – 2.6%…
Almost a third of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) ended last year with large non-payments from counterparties. In December, 31% of enterprises “had significant overdue receivables”, showed a survey of SMEs conducted by Promsvyazbank, the NAFI analytical center, and Magram Market Research. In particular, at 12% of respondents, non-payments appeared more than six months ago,…
Russian developers have sharply increased the volume of overdue loan debt amid financial difficulties. As of November 2025, the total figure rose to 279.3 billion rubles, an increase of 27% year-on-year. At the same time, the total amount of construction loans amounted to 5.2 trillion rubles. It increased by 10% compared to the previous year,…
The holding company “Cemros” has frozen operations at two cement plants in the Belgorod and Ulyanovsk regions, RBC was told by a company representative. According to him, another plant located in the Lipetsk region has been switched to a limited production mode – now only milling and packaging workshops, as well as laboratories, are operating…
The Russian smartphone market plummeted in 2025: according to various estimates, sales fell by 19–25% year-on-year. This follows from the data of the distributor Fplus and “M. Video”, writes “Vedomosti”. In total, over the year, 24.2 million devices were sold in Russia for a total amount of 588 billion rubles, compared to 29.8 million gadgets…