“There is no evidence of manipulation of Russian statistics.” The Institute of the Central Bank of Finland assessed the quality of data on the Russian economy
Since the beginning of the war, Russian authorities have closed many important statistical data from prying eyes. For the third year in a row, the country has not disclosed data on imports, exports, foreign trade, gold and foreign exchange reserves and oil production. Can we trust the statistics that remain in the public domain? What's happened? The closure of information about the Russian economy is in full swing.