As the joke has it: “Uzbekistan didn’t leave the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union left Uzbekistan.” The country, for all intents and purposes, remained a Soviet Republic from its independence right up until the 2016 death of Islam Karimov, the…
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FSG held its annual Moscow breakfast for clients in September, where executives indicated their concerns over pressure from corporate to hit rising revenue targets in 2018 after a mild uptick in demand in 2017. However, nearly all firms noted that…
August 21, 2017 - This post was written by Cailey Stevens and Josh Ashkinaze This blog is part of a a 7-part update series on FSG’s 2017 Events to Watch. Additional updates can be found below: US Infrastructure Boom: Dead on Arrival? Events to…
Ukraine has faced an extremely tumultuous period over the past three years, and is beginning to recover and exit its recession. As MNCs are increasingly trying to anticipate the outlook for the market in the coming years and make strategic…
For a country that saw some of the strongest consumer spending growth in the world in the 2000s – when it rose by 10-15% YOY in the years prior to the 2008/2009 global financial crisis – Russian consumers have been…
FSG recently released a series of actionable research reports on India, Mexico and Russia. These reports help inform business leaders’ decision-making for these key markets. For additional information, including table of contents and sample pages view FSG’s online store…
For more than two decades, Belarus has been quite predictable politically and economically. A centralized, neo-Soviet state guided by an autocratic leader who ensured rising living standards and stability had seemed to serve the country adequately. However, the last two…