The collapse in the price of crude oil is putting immediate and severe financial pressure on producers that are heavily dependent on revenues from exports. None of the OPEC states balanced their budgets at below $50/barrel in 2019, with a number requiring more than twice that amount.
Social, economic, cultural and political processes in Latin America in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the most relevant trends in the energy sector of the region, are analyzed in the study by the Roscongress Foundation.
Tourism is one of the sectors most heavily affected by COVID-19. Experts believe that the industry will undergo significant restructuring, with travel abroad giving way to domestic tourism, and trips to places where people don’t gather in large numbers becoming more popular. According to Managing Director of the 21st Century Arctic International Union Valery Korovkin, current circumstances offer a chance to develop a new tourist destination. It is an area that has been discussed for a long time, but which little is currently being done to promote. Arctic tourism is a potentially highly profitable business from the perspective of federal and regional budgets, and has long been successfully exploited by other coastal nations.
This report by ACRA analyzes the effect of Western sanctions on the Russian economy.
The study by the Expert RA rating agency predicts that by the end of 2020, the decline in the Russian economy will amount to 3.8% of GDP, next year growth of 3.5% of GDP can be expected.
