Russia’s Development Aid Becomes Bilateral

Yury K. Zaitsev – Senior Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor (Moscow, Russia). Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alexander Yu. Knobel – Head of Foreign Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Director of Center for Foreign Trade Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Director of Institute for International Economics and Finance, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Candidate of Economic Sciences (Moscow, Russia). Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In 2023, Russia continued to provide economic and humanitarian aid to the poorest countries of the world. Below is an overview of the main trends of Russia’s aid to international development (IDA) based on open sources of information. In the course of monitoring, a trend evidencing the transition to bilateral development assistance programs in accordance with the new priorities of the updated IDA Concept in 2023 was recorded.

Key words: official development aid, assistance to international development, bilateral programs of development assistance, EAEU countries.

JEL-codes: F02, F21, F35.