Laura Solanko

Senior Advisor at @BOFITresearch. Tweets are my own.

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

"Each new restriction presents new challenges to Russian entities and potential disruptions to supply chains. Each time sanctions are tightened and updated, Russian companies must adapt and seek costly workarounds." https://t.co/slXqKYthwA #bofbulletin

[AZERTAC News Agency @AZERTAC]

Statement by the Azerbaijan State News Agency - AZERTAC https://t.co/Zd3MbWzt8Y

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

UN Commission concludes that Russian armed forces’ drone attacks against civilians in Kherson Province amount to crimes against humanity of murder | OHCHR https://t.co/YjvC8MwRbw

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Nopeasti saavutettu taloudellinen vakaus tukenut Ukrainan puolustustaistelua jo kolme vuotta – Euro ja talous https://t.co/el5eJR739b #eurojatalous

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

@TomiLounema @Tukesinfo Onnittelut uusiin haasteisiin!

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Huonosta sadosta huolimatta Venäjä on omavarainen useimpien maataloustuotteiden osalta. Jotta tuotannon supistuminen ei heijastuisi kotimaisiin hintoihin, monien viljelykasvien vientiä on rajoitettu, tuonti helpotettu ja kotimaisia hintoja fiksaillaan…

[BOFIT @BOFITresearch]

BOFIT Viikkokatsaus 1/2025 Venäjä:
- Venäjällä vuoden 2024 sato jäi odotuksista

Lue lisää 👉https://t.co/5AuYBXIido

#Venäjä #talous #BOFITViikkokatsaus

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

@amenka I can’t help wondering if reduction in exports really matters for now. Rostec needs more funding as export proceeds drop, but domestic deliveries are the priority.

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

@TimoMiettinen Tämäpä mainio kiteytys "kyky muuttaa maailmaa perustuu kykyymme oppia historiasta".

[Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza]

Ten years ago today, 21 September 2014, Moscow. The March of Peace against the war in Ukraine, organised by Boris Nemtsov. Tens of thousands of people on the Boulevard Ring with the slogan “Peace to Ukraine, freedom to Russia!”

One day, I know, those words will become a reality.

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Pieni sananen pakotteista, olkaa hyvä:

[Suomen Pankki @SuomenPankki]

Venäjää vastaan asetetut pakotteet ovat väistämättä alati muuttuva peli ja jo pakotteista päätettäessä tiedetään Venäjän pyrkivän kiertämään niitä.

Kiertäminen on kuitenkin aiempaa vaikeampaa ja kalliimpaa. @LSolanko kertoo blogissaan miksi ja miten:
https://t.co/Bgip9rQNdJ

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

" Sanokoot viimeisen sanan ne, joilla on oma maansa ja henkensä pelissä." https://t.co/gRxGP1uk7s

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

And, judging by the increasing sums involved in sign up bonuses, the war has become increasingly unpopular in Russia.

[Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin]

The price theory of war. In Moscow, the sign up bonus for the Army volunteers is 1.9 million rubles ($22,000) now. In NYC, this would be like offering $140,000 as a sign up bonus. The price theory says that the war is not popular in Russia.

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Mikä on Venäjän varjolaivasto ja mihin sitä käytetään - aamukeskustelu @UTapaninen kanssa

https://t.co/UpBo28Lp0Y

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Important reading

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🇨🇳 Today, the Communist Party of #China (CPC) third plenum closed

⚠️ For the first time, China's #ThirdPlenum Communiqué mentions #CarbonReduction👇

https://t.co/5WaTW0QEYi

[Iikka Korhonen @IikkaKorhonen]

How the war in Ukraine is reviving Russia’s rustbelt @FT
My colleague ⁦@LSolanko⁩ was interviewed for this one. Huge increase in military spending shows up in companies’ order books, wages and inflation. ⁦@BOFITresearch⁩ ⁦@SuomenPankki⁩ https://t.co/o8Xaa2iXr7

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Yet another indication of increasingly tight labor market in Russia. The share of survey respondents not agreeing to work on gray salaries is higher than those agreeing. https://t.co/rkhSPZ7CCz

[Iikka Korhonen @IikkaKorhonen]

Exports to Russia 1-4/2024 vs 9-12/2021 ($) It is interesting to note that overall exports to Russia have been dropping in recent months. Weak ruble? Payment problems?
[corrected chart]
🇮🇳+27%
🇨🇳+22%
🇹🇷+19%
🇰🇿-6%
🇻🇳-26%
🇹🇭-27%
🇲🇾-34%
🇹🇼-53%
🇰🇷-53%
🇪🇺-67%
🇬🇧-74%
🇯🇵-76%
🇺🇸-93%

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

Join our BOFIT seminar tomorrow!

[BOFIT @BOFITresearch]

Tomorrow at 10.30! Daniel Berkowitz (University of Pittsburgh): Can Trade Sanctions Deter Illegal Financial Transactions? Register here https://t.co/BUD5pGEylw

[Laura Solanko @LSolanko]

We have a neighbour that's increasingly drifting towards a totalitarian system with minimal tolerance for any critical voices.

[OVD-Info English @ovdinfo_en]

Seven years. That’s the sentence St. Petersburg artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko, an openly lesbian woman, received just for replacing store price tags with anti-war messages.