Russian business news 20/Oct/2026:
For Q1-Q3 21% less single family houses were commissioned in Russia. This led to the total housing commissioning in Russia decreasing by 13. There's a drop in demand for these due to a surplus of apartments.
kommersant.ru/doc/9042244
The Russian government will provide businesses in Crimea with 4,6 billion rubles in direct support.
kommersant.ru/doc/9043031
Gazprom lowered its investment program for 2026 from 1,1 trillion rubles to to 1,096 trillion rubles.
kommersant.ru/doc/9043152
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Проблеми з заправкою мають 37 регіонів (на минулому тижні 45), це пусті, непрацюючі АЗС та ліміти, ще у 2 регіонах діють ліміти без помітного дефіциту. Проблеми з дефіцитом цього року мали 81 з 83 регіонів рф.
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The area sown with potatoes by Russian farmers this year has fallen to the lowest it's been in the last 18 years. The reason is that it's currently unprofitable to grow potatoes. Purchase prices are now 22,9 rubles when production costs are 33-36 rubles.
In a recent survey of 1000 Russian farmers 32% plan to reduce their sowing in 2026 and 26% will forgo winter sowing altogether. Only 29% will keep sowing on the same level as in 2025.
The analysts proposing that over 2 million tons of grain can be shipped through the Russian Baltic have to explain why they think the Russian Ministry of Agriculture can beat the Energy Ministry and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to get the railway spots of coal and steel.
The Black Sea didn't just have 3 grain terminals and the Don river delta. It had the Taman coal terminal, it was the spot where FESCO unloaded container ships. It was the reason Russian steel could beat Chinese steel on the Turkish market. All of that is no more.