Against the backdrop of tough Western sanctions, Russia began to remove economic statistics and corporate data from public access. This creates risks in terms of an objective assessment of economic processes in the country, according to Russian media, citing local experts..

It is noted that analysts are particularly concerned about the reduction in foreign trade data (the FCS last disclosed data for January 2022), as well as the cessation of the publication of some corporate reports..

If this information is not returned to the public domain in the medium term, it is fraught with a significant rollback in knowledge about the economy, experts warn. Among other things, the closure of information will make analysts' estimates more subjective and make forecasting more difficult..

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Russian authorities hide a lot of information, including about government loans. It was reported that Russia bribed Iran and Belarus by issuing record state loans in MarchRussia bribed Iran and Belarus. The loan was issued, most likely, in rubles.