Agriculture
Irkutsk grain harvest rose 5.6% in 2025
Irkutskstat reported 2025 results for grain and staple food production.
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Agriculture
Kirov cheese and meat output increased in 2025
Kirovstat reported increases in the region’s agricultural output value and several processed food products.
Agriculture
Kursk food processors produced more than 505,000 tonnes of vegetable oil in 2025
Kurskstat reported selected results for the region’s food-processing output in 2025.
Agriculture
Omsk ranked among Siberia’s top three agricultural producers in 2025
Omskstat reported the region’s agricultural production ranking and livestock numbers for 2026.
Sports
Russia’s Arabian horse championship concludes with first use of Emirati judging system
WAM said the Moscow-region event featured around 30 horses from 18 owners and studs; it did not publish the winners’ names or class results.
Agriculture
Rostov region grain and pulse harvest reaches 13.4 million tonnes
Rostovstat reported 13.4 million tonnes harvested by September 1 and food-industry shipments of 180.2 billion rubles in January–August.
Fiscal Policy
Russia federal budget takes in RUB 29.639 trillion in January–September
The Finance Ministry’s preliminary estimate put spending at RUB 34.825 trillion and oil-and-gas revenue at RUB 5.471 trillion.
Energy
Russia’s Layavozhskoye field begins pilot industrial operation
LUKOIL said on 9 October that pilot industrial operation had begun at the Layavozhskoye oil and gas condensate field in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Economy
Omsk Oblast consumer prices rose 0.2% in September
Omskstat said average consumer prices in Omsk Oblast rose 0.2% in September, while food prices fell 0.3%.
Finance
Russia’s central bank says monetary conditions moved unevenly in August-September
The Bank of Russia said in an October 9 release that monetary and credit indicators moved in different directions in August and September. Money-market rates stayed near the policy rate in September, while yields on government bonds with maturities of two years or more rose noticeably.
Finance
Russia’s weekly consumer price index rose 0.96% in the week to 5 October
Rosstat estimated that the consumer price index increased 0.96% from the previous registration date during 29 September–5 October. The index was up 0.90% from the start of October through 5 October and 5.94% since the beginning of the year.
Energy
Russian petrol prices rose 0.3% in the week to 5 October
The average consumer price of motor gasoline in Russia increased from 78.50 roubles per litre on 28 September to 78.73 roubles on 5 October, according to Rosstat’s weekly monitoring published on 7 October. Prices of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline each rose 0.3% over the week; AI-98 and higher grades rose 0.7%.