Essential CIS Politics: April 2020
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS
- Report
22 Apr 2020
by Alex Teddy and Alexei Panin
▪ Coronavirus has hit all countries in the region. The oil exporting ones are suffering most heavily, with several percentage points likely to be wiped off GDP.
▪ Belarus is carrying on as though Covid-19 is no threat despite admitting to some cases.
▪ The end of the OPEC+ oil deal caused economies in the region to scream. A production-cut deal has since reduced the economic damage, but not helped the oil price.
▪ In Ukraine the government is determined to push through the anti-Kolomoisky act and land reform.
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