Russia

In 2020, government spending on healthcare in Russia expanded, despite the difficult economic situation. Additional spending derived mostly from the COVID-19 pandemic and the funding devoted to purchase additional medicinal products and services, and...

In 2020, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and containment efforts, Russia’s hotels industry recorded a substantial decrease in turnover year-on-year. In early 2020, to protect its citizens and stop the pandemic from spreading within and ...

Russian automotive industry production value contracted in 2020. In volume terms, production of passenger and commercial vehicles declined sharply. The automotive industry was adversely affected by weaker demand in the domestic market, as a result of...

Due to Russia’s rich natural resources and strong energy sector, as well as large forest area the country is ranked in the first half globally in the overall Environmental Sustainability Index 2019. Nevertheless, the country remains one of the worst ...

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Nappies/diapers/pants recorded a 5% current value decline in 2020; however, 2019 also recorded a decline for the category, while the volume decline in 2020 improves slightly compared to the previous year....

Sales of Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence products recorded a current value growth increase by 1% in 2020. ...

Retail adult incontinence recorded a current value increase of 3% in 2020. Although the pandemic increased the demand for healthcare, retail adult incontinence recorded a volume decline, as planned health maintenance within the lockdown period was ...

Away-from-home tissue recorded 12% value growth in 2020; however, volume growth records a decline compared to 2019 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This meant that positive value growth was boosted by a high unit price increase, as well as...

Retail tissue recorded positive double-digit value growth of 11% in 2020, with stockpiling behaviour in Q1 of 2020, boosting sales of the products. This stockpiling behaviour was seen in multiple categories, but especially in toilet paper, with ...

COVID-19 created uncertainty for sanitary product players, who have already been experiencing economic turmoil during the historical period and a decline in the female population aged 12-54, which had impacted sales. ...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Russia in 2020, the government implemented a lockdown which started in March 2020 and ended in May. The lockdown period required closing facilities such as schools, leisure locations, offices, and non-essential ...

The industry’s turnover contracted in 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and subdued private consumption. The decline in household consumption was driven by deteriorating consumer confidence and lower disposable incomes. Most businesses, ...

In 2020, industry growth was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, the Russian government decided to close schools, in an attempt to contain the spread of the pandemic. School closures and heightened uncertainty caused a decline...

Russian public revenue contracted in 2020, amid the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and the drop in oil output and prices. Russia’s GDP contracted by 3.7% in real terms in 2020, due to limited economic activity and widespread lockdown...

In 2020, Russia’s business services market contracted, affected by the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices – Russia’s primary export commodity. All industry segments witnessed diminished revenues, with market research, ...

The industry contracted over 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the oil price shock and rouble depreciation, which resulted in sharp volatility in the Russian financial markets. The introduction of restrictive measures in response to the ...

The information and communications industry in Russia entered a recession in 2020, ending the period of stable growth over the last decade. Although the official number of COVID-19 cases per one million population in Russia was relatively low and ...

Hi-tech goods production in Russia suffered from the negative shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and posted a decline in value in 2020. The pandemic resulted in temporary factory closures, social distancing measures, reduced business and consumer...

The industry’s contraction in 2020 was mainly due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Russian economy. Nearly all industry segments, except post and courier services, saw significant declines. For example, water transport turnover ...