Tomorrow BOFIT will release its China Forecast for 2026–2028 in a webinar. Agenda ▪️China Forecast for 2026-2028 ▪️Beijing’s plans and their economic implications Register 🔗 lyyti.fi/reg/BOFIT-Ch...

Kiirastorstain ratoksi Venäjän talousmurheita itsekullekin säädylle olkaa hyvä! 🙏 areena.yle.fi/1-77438273 #politiikkaradio @laurasolanko.bsky.social @bofit.suomenpankki.fi

Ennuste povaa Putinin sotatalouden hyytymistä: Onko Venäjällä edessä paluu kovaan todellisuuteen? | Politiikkaradio

Suomen Pankin nousevien talouksien tutkimuslaitoksen BOFIT:in ennusteen mukaan sotatalouden kiihdyttämä talouskasvu Venäjällä on hyytymässä. Onko Venäjällä edessä pehmeä vai kivikova lasku uuteen talo...

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Iikka Korhonen@iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Kannattaa muistaa, että laajastikin tulkittuna "sotatalous" on vain pieni osa koko Venäjän kansantaloutta @laurasolanko.bsky.social @bofit.suomenpankki.fi #Venäjätietoisku

BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2026–2028 is published. Growth of the Russian economy should remain around 1 percent this year. Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/forecasti... #Russia #economy #forecast @suomenpankki.fi

Suomen Pankin nousevien talouksien tutkimuslaitoksen @bofit.suomenpankki.fi uusi #Venäjä -ennuste 2026-2028. Tänä vuonna kohonnut öljyn hinta antaa pienen kasvuruiskeen Venäjälle, mutta sen jälkeen talouskasvu on taas pitkän aikavälin potentiaalissaan. publications.bof.fi/handle/10024...

Reminder: Call for Visiting Researchers for autumn/winter 2026 is open to academics and policy experts in emerging market macro and finance. Join us in Helsinki to advance your research. Deadline 12.4.2026. Read more www.bofit.fi/en/visiting-...

Cancelling the war insurance coverage will effectively stop traffic anyhow …

Iikka Korhonen@iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

”..executives said Iranian officials had also been asked to avoid striking exporting hubs like Qatar, which alone supplies 30% of China’s LNG, a significant portion of the total even accounting for output arriving by pipeline and from other sources.” 🇨🇳🇮🇷🇶🇦 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Diplomacy rarely works with dictators, but what else could we do?

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7mo ago

The U.S. attack on Iran was at least the third time — after his Iran bombings in June and his attack on Venezuela in January — that President Trump deployed heavy force against a country with which he had been negotiating. nyti.ms/4r370eQ

It’s clearly difficult to find enough Russians willing to fight for Putin.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 8mo ago

Kenya arrests suspect in duping men to fight for Russia in Ukraine war https://aje.news/osdq4c

Allekirjoitin juuri @theactionnetwork.bsky.social-adressin: Henna Virkkunen: puolusta aborttioikeutta. Allekirjoita tästä: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he...

Henna Virkkunen: puolusta aborttioikeutta

Jopa 20 miljoonalla naisella ei ole pääsyä lailliseen ja turvalliseen aborttiin EU:ssa. Raskaudenkeskeytys on kuitenkin osa perusterveydenhuoltoa. Nyt Euroopan komissiolla on ainutlaatuinen mahdollisu...

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An excellent list!

Michael Hoffman@leboncondorcet.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Friends, I have created a Starter Pack of economics journals (and working paper series) active on Bluesky. Hope this is useful for academic, policy, and industry economists alike. #Econsky Please let me know if there are any that I missed!

In today’s Vatnik Soup, made together with chef invité @martinlaineolen.bsky.social , we discuss the extensive links between pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Russian officials and intelligence operatives, and how Western politicians reinforced these links. 1/23

Rhetoric questions aside, the fact that past 12 months have been the deadliest for Ukrainian civilians should not be forgotten.

Oleksandra Matviichuk@avalaina.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question. Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.

Selkeä ja suoraviivainen juttu Venäjän taloudesta ja sotaisasta naapuristamme. "Vaappuva vaara - Pakotteet runtelevat Venäjää, mutta Putinia ei boikoteilla kaadeta. " www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...

Ukrainan sota | Venäjän heikko talous on uhka Suomelle, sanoo Suomen pankin asiantuntija

Pakotteet runtelevat Venäjää, mutta Putinia ei boikoteilla kaadeta. Sen sijaan Venäjästä on tulossa nopeasti Kiinan vasalli, varoittaa Suomen Pankin Laura Solanko.

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Mitä Venäjän taloudesta pitäisi tietää juuri nyt? Kokosin blogiin tärkeimmät ⬇️ www.eurojatalous.fi/fi/blogit/20...

Venäjän sota ja talouden rajat – neljä väitettä nykytilasta – Euro ja talous

Sotakoneiston ylläpitäminen kuluttaa työvoimaa, pääomia ja valtiontaloutta. Laajat pakotteet vahingoittavat taloutta päivittäin, ja öljytulot laskevat lisäten painetta.

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A very good insight, indeed.

Janis Kluge@jakluge.de · 9mo ago

Which economy is more productive - Germany or the US? It seems the answer would be clear, but it's not. The mood in Germany is so deeply negative, even aggressively pessimistic, that I thought we had fallen behind by a lot. But here are the facts - they surprised me as well:

I do think short analysis is really worth a read, especially for us in the European continent. www.justsecurity.org/125365/ukrai...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Has Options in Response to Latest U.S.-Russian 'Peace Plan'

The plan is a mess, but Ukrainians are right to try to work with the draft rather than reject it out of hand.

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If you drill down in the Chinese customs data, you find that Chinese companies have increased their unit prices of sanctioned goods globally by about 10%. But when they sell these goods to Russia, unit prices are up by almost 90%. Risky business requires its rewards, and Russians have to pay.🇷🇺🇨🇳 4/

‼️The strike on the kindergarten on Kharkiv (48 kids aged 1,5 to 5 years) was done by the country that chairs the UN Security Council this month (Russia). We are living in an absurd world.

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.

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

Denmark chooses European air defences over US Patriots

Copenhagen places record order as relations with Trump administration come under strain over Greenland

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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

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

En excellent analysis

Sam Greene@samagreene.bsky.social · last yr.

As we wait: the morning after the day before and before the day after tldrussia.substack.com/p/tldrussia-...

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.

BOFIT@bofit.suomenpankki.fi · last yr.

​BOFIT Weekly Review 33/2025 Economic conditions in Russia continue to weaken Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin... #Russia #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

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...

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...

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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

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.

BOFIT@bofit.suomenpankki.fi · last yr.

BOFIT Viikkokatsaus 29/2025 Venäjä Maailman sotilasmenot ovat kasvussa Lue lisää: www.bofit.fi/fi/seuranta/... #Venäjä #talous #BOFITViikkokatsaus

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...

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

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