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Laura Solanko

@laurasolanko.bsky.social

Senior Advisor at BOFIT, mostly focus on the Russian economy www.bofit.fi http://authors.repec.org/pro/pso253/

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Russia's PMIs 09/25
Manufacturing 48.2 (previous 48.7)
Services 47.0 (50.0)
Composite output 46.6 (49.1)

Everything has been below 50 since June indicating how there is no growth in the Russian economy anymore.

05.10.2025 15:33 — 👍 24    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1
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Denmark chooses European air defences over US Patriots Copenhagen places record order as relations with Trump administration come under strain over Greenland

Danish government on Thursday chose the Franco-Italian SAMP-T long-range surface-to-air weapon system over the best-selling US Patriot alternative, and said it would choose a Norwegian, German or French medium-range option for a total of DKr58bn ($9.1bn)
Actions have consequences🇩🇰 on.ft.com/3VfGkdz

13.09.2025 11:04 — 👍 67    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1
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BOFIT Weekly Review 36/2025 China
SCO summit announcements include construction of a new Russia-China gas pipeline and establishing a new development bank

Read more: www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

#China #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

05.09.2025 09:56 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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BOFIT Policy Brief 13/2025 by @laurasolanko.bsky.social: Macroeconomic policies in Russia 1995–2025 – from barter arrangements to an emerging war economy

Read more 🔗 publications.bof.fi/handle/10024...

#Russia #FiscalPolicy #MonetaryPolicy

05.09.2025 08:26 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

En excellent analysis

18.08.2025 19:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do you feel news about the real state of the Russian economy are a bit confusing? In that case, let me suggest checking latest @bofit.suomenpankki.fi Weekly for a fact-based update covering 1H2025 data.
Economic conditions continue to worsen- but the economy has not fallen into recession.

15.08.2025 13:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

11.08.2025 01:27 — 👍 1739    🔁 1130    💬 44    📌 48
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New oil price cap adds to Russia’s economic distress

Read the latest blog post by @laurasolanko.bsky.social 🔗 www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...

#sanctions #Russia #oil #pricecap #bofbulletin @suomenpankki.fi

08.08.2025 08:43 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Viime vuonna Venäjän federaatiobudjetin sotilasmenot olivat yli 7 % BKT:sta, kun vuonna 2021 osuus oli 3,6 %.
Lisäksi sotaan liittyviä menoja katetaan aluebudjettien, budjetin ulkopuolisten rahastojen ja pankkisektorin kautta. Todelliset sotaan liittyvät menot ovatkin SIPRIn lukua suuremmat.

17.07.2025 12:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Malawi becomes latest fraudulent registry as fake fleet grows 170% The addition of four sanctioned tankers to a fake Malawi flag has taken the number of fraudulently registered ships to nearly 300, a 170% increase in the past 24 months

Shadow fleets create shadow ship registries

"The government of Malawi has confirmed that a newly established ship registry,... is a fraudulent operation."
www.lloydslist.com/LL1153926/Ma...

23.06.2025 08:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BOFIT Russia and China statistics on our website are updated #Russia #China #economy #statistics #PowerBI www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

17.06.2025 12:31 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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​BOFIT Weekly Review 23/2025 Russia
Russian growth overall slows, in some branches and regions output has declined

Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

#Russia #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

06.06.2025 08:31 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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BOFIT Policy Brief 10/2025 by Heli Simola @suomenpankki.fi: Russia’s ever-increasing economic dependence on China

Read more 🔗 publications.bof.fi/handle/10024...

#Russia #China #trade #investment

19.05.2025 08:31 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Kauppasota | Tullikriisi iski öljyn hintaan ja yksi suurista kärsijöistä on Venäjä, joka ”joutuu syömään loppuun puskurinsa” Tullikriisin aiheuttama öljyn hinnan lasku pahentaa Venäjän talouden ahdinkoa. Myös Kiinan tullit voivat iskeä Venäjään.

www.hs.fi/talous/art-2... Parasta öljyn halpenemisessa on haitta Venäjälle. @laurasolanko.bsky.social @bofit.suomenpankki.fi @suomenpankki.fi

12.04.2025 18:59 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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BOFIT Viikkokatsaus 14/2025 Kiina
Yhdysvaltojen tullit hidastavat merkittävästi maailmantalouden kasvua

Lue lisää 🔗 www.bofit.fi/fi/seuranta/...

#Kiina #talous #BOFITViikkokatsaus

03.04.2025 10:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Where We Stand: The Fiscal, Economic, and Distributional Effects of All U.S. Tariffs Enacted in 2025 Through April 2

So, from now on US average effective tariff rate will be 22.5 %.
In a year or two this decision will generate valuable material for research on international trade. Honestly, I can't think about any other positive sides to this.

budgetlab.yale.edu/research/whe...

03.04.2025 07:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 KITE Insta-Analysis: New "reciprocal" US tariffs are serious. We ran both status quo (tariffs until April 2 incl. retaliation) and newly announced reciprocal tariff regime through the KITE model. (Non-) spoiler: 🇺🇸 hits itself the hardest. NB: Short-run, extremely ad-hoc. 1/n

02.04.2025 21:38 — 👍 76    🔁 31    💬 2    📌 10
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Tuoreen @bofitresearch.bsky.social ennusteen mukaan Venäjän talouskasvu jää tänä vuonna 2 prosentin tuntumaan.

Talouden kasvu on nojannut valtion menojen lisäämiseen ja sotateollisuuden tuotannon kasvattamiseen ja sitä on entistä vaikeampi pitää yllä.

www.suomenpankki.fi/fi/ajankohta...

24.03.2025 11:36 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Check out the new BOFIT Russia forecast for 2025-2027 n

24.03.2025 11:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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U.S. Denied Entry to French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.

The American security apparatus is least limited by law at the border, and so this is where the attack on fundamental freedoms begins.

Non-US citizens whose livelihood depends on access to the US should be cautious. Everyone else should be furious.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

20.03.2025 13:32 — 👍 158    🔁 47    💬 5    📌 1

Tarkastelimme Risto Herrala kanssa pakotteita, varjolaivastoa ja Venäjän öljynvientiä. Pakotteiden tarkoituksena ei ole estää öljykauppaa, vaan tehdä siitä Venäjälle vähemmän kannattavaa. Analyysimme osoittaa, että juuri näin on tapahtunutkin.

18.03.2025 14:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Todellinen early bird!

12.03.2025 05:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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What makes the Maga mindset different? | Opinion US decisions can no longer be analysed using values shared across the democratic west

What makes the Maga mindset different? | Opinion

https://www.ft.com/content/3046013f-da85-4987-92a5-4a9e3008a9e1

07.03.2025 05:00 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 11    📌 2
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Jätän tämän nyt tähän

28.02.2025 20:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ukraine’s economy grew last year despite massive damage to its energy sector. Preliminary figures show Ukraine’s GDP grew by an impressive 3.4 % last year, even if growth slowed somewhat from 5.3 % in 2023.
@bofitresearch.bsky.social Weekly 9/2025 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...

28.02.2025 16:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Follow us on analysis of Russia, China and global trends 😀

25.02.2025 12:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#WestandwithUkraine

25.02.2025 12:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Economic resilience key in Ukraine’s three-year fight for survival – Bank of Finland Bulletin We are now entering the fourth year of Russia’s full-on military invasion of Ukraine, yet the aggressor Russia, despite its vast military advantage, has failed to subdue Ukraine.

My collague Sinikka Parviainen writes an important blog on Ukraine’s economic resilience

www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...

24.02.2025 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This ⬇️

13.02.2025 13:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ruuhkaa Itämerellä – Euro ja talous Itämeri ja etenkin Suomenlahti on vilkkaasti liikennöity merialue. Se on elintärkeä kauppareitti kaikille rantavaltioilleen, mutta erityisesti Suomelle ja Venäjälle. Venäjän hyökkäyssodan ja sitä seur...

Itämerellä tuntuu nyt tapahtuvan niin paljon, että muutama perusasia on hyvä muistaa.
www.eurojatalous.fi/fi/blogit/20...

11.02.2025 09:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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