Russia’s construction sector emerged from recession in 2018, with the value of construction works rising for the first time in five years. Growth was driven e♋ntirely by large-scale infrastructure projects and works related to the F𝐆IFA World Cup ...

Russia’s food and beverage sector has a minor share in this oil-dependent economy, generating just 1.7% of the GDP in 2018. The sector employed 840,000🍌 people, equal to 2.5% of the country’s workforce and earned 5.5% 🍌of the export revenue ...

The Emerging Europe region as covered by the scope of the report consists of Russia, Romania, Turkey, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic (listed in order from the largest to thesmallest oil producers). In terms of their importance꧂ on the natural ...

Russia is home to the largest ICT market in Europe, catering to a population of more than 147mn people. With a penetration rate of almost 160% in the mobile telephony segment and 76% in the mobile broadband segment, the telecoms market is highly💞 ...

The economy’s return to growth ♛provided a strong impetus to the Russian healthcare sector in 2017. Healthcare expenditure grew by a robust 22% y/y, when measured in US dollar terms, the first increase in many years. However, at USD 92bn in 2017 ...

R🧔ussia&rsquoꦰ;s transportation sector generates over 6% of the country’s GDP and provides employment to 10% of the workforce. Russia is a net exporting country in terms of transport services, as exports exceeded imports by USD 5.4bn in 2017. ...

Proximity to Western European markets, low-cost skilled labour and favourable invesꦺtment environment have turned Emerging Europe into a preferred location for major automotive producers and helped the region claim an increasing share of the global ...

The automotive industry in Russia has a relatively small share in the countr꧑y’s economy and employment. The sector generates less than 1% of Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) and provides employment to about 600,000 people, or less ...

Russia is a major producer and eﷺxporter of oil and natural gas. According to BP, the country holds the world’s largest proven natural gas reserves (1♐8.1% of the total) and ranks sixth in terms of crude oil reserves (6.4% of the total). The ...

The large size of the Russian population offers strong growth opportunities to the insurance companies but the sector remains underdeveloped mainly because of the low incom꧟e levels in the country and the limited awareness of the benefits of insurance ...