The Centre for Strategic Research (CSR) headed by the former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin has detected three major systemic risks in Russia.

The Chairman of the Council of the Centre for Strategic Research, former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin stated that the development of the main provisions of the program created by the order of the President of Russia will be complete by summer 2017.

The growth of the number of citizens with incomes below the subsistence level has become a serious problem for the economy.

The budget deficit in 2016 will move beyond the frame of forecast (three percent of GDP) in case of additional indexation of pensions in autumn.

Russian government is concerned about Mongolia's plans to construct three hydroelectric power stations on River Selenga flowing into Baikal.

The first original store of the “Russian Army” (“Armiya Rossii”) brand will open in Moscow on Thursday, May 26 in front of the US Embassy.

The portfolio of retail credits in Russia in the first quarter of 2016 has increased by 0.6 percent having reached 9.1 trillion rubles.

The press secretary of the president of Russia Dmitry Peskov declared that the idea to penalize the officials for usage of foreign programs is unlikely considered to be reasonable

According to the poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTSIOM), Russians began to lose interest in news programs.

The sales of air tickets have reduced by 60 percent during holidays and the sales of railway tickets fell by 16 percent, as compared to the end of April 2015.