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International Monetary Fund experts present a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Middle East and Central Asia region. The material addresses such aspects as internal economic activity in the region, ensuring the strength of health care systems, creating and maintaining social protection systems, and others.
The Exhibition Scientific Research Center (VNITS) R&C, in cooperation with the Russian Convention Bureau, the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs and the Union of Exhibition Developers with the support of the Roscongress Fund, has conducted a marketing study into the impact of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus on development of the Russian event industry.
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.
Deloitte CIS Research Centre has produced an analytical report about the situation on the Russian pharmaceutical market in 2017 and its prospects for growth in 2018.
