Reports
Ukraine country report Jul21 - July , 2021
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Russian country report Jul21 - July , 2021
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Turkey Country Report Jun21 - June, 2021
Turkey is entering an era of violence. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened the opposition with describing a mob attack against Iyi Party leader Meral Aksener as “these are your good days.” ... ... more
Iran Country Report Jun21 - June, 2021
Iran has moved out of its three-year recession after recording two consecutive quarters of growth, the Central Bank of Iran’s (CBI’s) governor Abdolnasser Hemmati has announced on his Instagram ... more
Ukraine Country Report Jun21 - June, 2021
Ukraine’s economy is recovering nicely and looks forward to strong growth in 2021, but a number of uncertainties remain. The economy has begun to grow again, but Ukraine is still struggling ... more
Russia Country Report Jun21 - June, 2021
Russia’s economy continued to recover in the first three months of this year. Although January and February posted negative growth the moment was clearly already growing on the returning optimism ... more
Georgia Country Report Jun21 - June, 2021
Georgia’s GDP surged by 44.8% y/y in April, according to preliminary estimates from statistics office Geostat. Recoveries seen in both external and domestic demand contributed. GDP was up 8.1% y/y ... more
Iran Country Report May21 - May, 2021
Iran has moved out of its three-year recession after recording two consecutive quarters of growth, the Central Bank of Iran’s (CBI’s) governor Abdolnasser Hemmati has announced on his Instagram ... more
Georgia Country Report May21 - May, 2021
Georgia’s first-quarter GDP contracted by 4.2% y/y, according to the rapid estimate published by statistics office Geostat. The figure marks a clear improvement from the 6.8% decline seen in Q4. ... more
Turkey Country Report May21 - May, 2021
“Third Wave of COVID-19” is an undeniable fact now. Official daily cases figures broke consecutive records. Russia restricted flights to and from Turkey until June 1. When it comes to the ... more
Ukraine Country Report May21 - May, 2021
Ukraine’s economy contracted by 2.8% in January and February, compared to the first two months of last year, estimated the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Except for retail trade, all ... more
Russia Country Report May21 - May, 2021
Russia’s economy began to clearly emerge from the coronacrisis in March as industrial production went into the black for the first time in almost a year posting a 1.1% expansion, and inflation ... more
Ukraine Country Report Apr21 - April, 2021
Ukraine’s economy continues its strong post-Covid recovery in February, albeit remaining in the red. Although the economic indicators for 1Q21 will likely be sluggish, they should improve ... more
Iran Country Report Apr21 - April, 2021
Iran has moved out of its three-year recession after recording two consecutive quarters of growth, the Central Bank of Iran’s (CBI’s) governor Abdolnasser Hemmati has announced on his Instagram ... more
Turkey Country Report Apr21 - April, 2021
Has Erdogan totally lost sight of reality? On March 19, he fired the third central bank chief in less than two years. Balance of payments crisis and authoritarian crackdown seem ahead. Turkish ... more
Russia Country Report Apr21 - April, 2021
The Russian economic recession has ended, according to the Higher School of Economics (HSE). Russia had one of the mildest contractions of any major economy in the world, however the recovery will be ... more
Georgia Country Report Apr21 - April, 2021
Georgia’s GDP contracted by 6.8% y/y in Q4, a quarter in which the country's economy was hit by the second lockdown that continued into the first quarter of 2021. The blow suffered at the end of ... more
Ukraine Country Report Mar21 - March, 2021
After a year of doom and gloom, Ukraine escaped 2020 in pretty good shape. The economy shrank by 4%, better than most of Europe and far better than the Ukraine forecasts of minus 7%. Despite ... more
Iran Country Report Mar21 - March, 2021
Iran has endured three years of recession under the renewed US sanctions. The first of those sanctions kicked in halfway through 2018, a year that brought a GDP contraction of 6%. Things worsened in ... more
Turkey Country Report Mar21 - March, 2021
Erdogan cut the Biden administration’s comb over the PKK. Now, he will play them like a fiddle. Erdogan is smarter than all of them when it comes to playing issues off against each other and the ... more
