Russia under sanctions
The Russian economy has been under restrictions since 2014 and over the years it has structurally adapted to them. However, the level of sanctions pressure after February 22, 2022 is unprecedented, private companies have also joined the restrictions.
According to the Yale School of Management, since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, 799 large foreign companies have left Russia, 312 have reduced operations, investments, frozen projects, and only 244 continue their activities.
The restrictions imposed will be similar in scale to the structural crisis after the collapse of the USSR. Following our estimates, the decline in Russia's GDP in 2022 will be 9.5% — this is the second deepest recession since 1991, and inflation will exceed 20%.
The scale and variety of the imposed sanctions form a significant uncertainty of economic instability in Russia and other countries:
- cross-border flows of goods and payments are essentially hindered. This undermines supply chains and leads to a decrease in economic activity, as well as puts pressure on the labor market and inflation;
- the ability of the Central Bank and the Government to respond to an economic shock and a space for economic policy in the future is limited;
- investment activity and long-term economic growth potential are suppressed.
We tried to consider the main effects of sanctions on the Russian economy, possiblec channels of instability spreading to the economs of other countires, primarily Kazakhstan.
Main conclusions
- Russia is better prepared for sanctions today;
- Pressure on the ruble is low due to the limited demand;
- The ruble exchange rate will be determined by fiscal needs;
- The scale of the crisis in Russia will be determined by the depth of export restrictions;
- The world will face the price shocks on the energy and food markets;
- Central Asian countries will suffer from disruption of supply chains and a decrease in transfers from the Russian Federation;
- Significant risks are emerging in the food market for Kazakhstan.
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Alexander Dauranov
Executive DirectorRelated News
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Key insights:
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- The "green" economy is the main source of new jobs;
- Economic challenges are the greatest threat to the labour market;
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- Up to 43% of all business tasks will be performed by machines in the coming 5 years;
- The most popular profession is artificial intelligence and machine learning specialists;
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Periodic Researches
Businesslabour marketAlexandra Molchanovskaya
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Key insights:
- An average of 246.3 thousand tenge or 60% of salary is spent on core expenditures every month.
- The largest amount of daily expenses is observed in the first 4 days after receiving a wage.
- At least 450 thousand tenge per month is required to satisfy all basic needs for a comfortable life in megapolicies.
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- The is an essential disparity between workers and cities - there are 4 times more workers with financial difficulties in Almaty than in the capital.
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- Employees with above-average incomes make up the smallest share of the employed population - 2%.
One-off Researches
Standard of livingConsumptionAlexandra Molchanovskaya
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