Au cœur de l'économie russe
Our weekly in-depth analysis of the Russian economy from Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr, who have experience at the Russian Central Bank and financial sector more broadly. Filled with reliable data, insightful analysis and commentary from sources inside Russia. From May 1, 2025, it went behind a paywall.
The problem of Russia’s off-the-books oil tankers PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is a look at Russia’s shadow oil tanker fleet and what the West could do about it. We also look
A landmark EU sanctions ruling? PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is a high-profile EU sanctions ruling — what it means for the Russian billionaires involved and the wider Western sanctions regime. We
Russia’s wartime wealth redistribution PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is about Russia’s ongoing redistribution of wealth – the biggest since the 1990s. We also look at the ballooning budget deficit.
Russia feels the bite of secondary sanctions PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is how secondary sanctions imposed by the West are limiting Russia’s ability to do business. We also look at the
Moscow attack: what we know so far PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week we look briefly at the breaking news of a major terrorist attack in Moscow, and then, in detail. at the economics behind the presidential
Top 5 Russians who got rich from departing Western firms PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy brought to you by The Bell. Our top story is a ranking of the top five Russian tycoons who have acquired the most assets as a result of the wartime departure of Western companies. We also look at some of
Ukraine war facilitates Kremlin ‘deoffshorization’ dream PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. Our top story is a look at the Kremlin’s plan to bring all offshore Russian companies back home – and why greed means their Russian owners
Less capitalism, more state PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. Our top story is an analysis of Putin’s state-of-the-nation address and what he said about the role of the state in the economy, possible tax
How Russia's economy survived two years of war PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexandra Prokopenko, Alexander Kolyandr and Denis Kasyanchuk and brought to you by The Bell. To mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we take an in depth look at how Russia’s economy has
Russia’s self-inflicted banana problem PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy — written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. Our top story is about Moscow sanctioning Ecuadorian banana exports, and the knock-on effect it will have on the Russian consumer. We also look at Russia’
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The Bell a été fondé en 2017 par les journalistes Elizaveta Osetinskaya, Irina Malkova et Peter Mironenko en tant que média indépendant des autorités russes, après que ses fondateurs ont été limogés de leur poste de rédacteurs en chef du plus grand site d'information russe, RBC, en raison des pressions exercées par le Kremlin.
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