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SERGEI TSUKHLO: “RUSSIAN COMPANIES HAVE REPLACED IMPORTED SPARE PARTS BY THOSE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA”

03 february 2023

The findings of the study carried out by Sergei Tsukhlo , Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute have revealed that Russian manufacturers view Chinese suppliers as the most popular channel for substitution of western equipment. The findings have been published by the RBK.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA ON HOW INFLATION HAS AFFECTED THE RUSSIANS’ CONSUMER ACTIVITY

01 february 2023

The Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily has published the opinion of Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agricultural Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute on how the inflation rate affected the Russian’s consumer activity in January 2023.

ELISEI LEONOV ON EFFICIENCY OF TAX BENEFITS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

30 january 2023

According to the data of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, on the back of benefits attributed to tax expenses the RF Ministry of Finance’s short-received budget revenues will amount to over Rb8 trillion in 2023. Elisei Leonov, Researcher of the Tax System Development Department of the Gaidar Institute shared his opinion with the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily on tax benefits efficiency in the Russian Federation and criteria for their evaluation.

YEVGENY GORYUNOV: “BRICS OWN CURRENCY IS AN UNREALIZABLE IDEA”

30 january 2023

The Kommersant daily cites the opinion of Yevgeny Goryunov, Senior Researcher of the Gaidar institute on the BRICS countries’ initiative to create their own currency.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA ON RECORD GROWTH IN GRAIN RESERVES

23 january 2023

In an interview with the EconomyTimes, Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute and Denis Ternovsky, Leading Expert of the Center for the Agri-Food Policy of the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, RANEPA speculate about record growth in grain reserves in the country, exports outlooks, support of domestic prices and profitability of production.

ELISEY LEONOV: “ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE TAX SYSTEM SHOULD START WITH ANALYSIS OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES EFFICIENCY”

17 january 2023

In his interview with the Nezavisimaya Gazeya, Elisey Leonov, Researcher of the Tax System Development Department of the Gaidar Institute speculates about whether a tax burden reduction will help the Russian economy retain financial stability.

SERGEY ZUBOV ON REAL ESTATE MARKET OUTLOOK IN 2023

13 january 2023

In his interview with the Profil, a weekly magazine, Sergei Zubov, Senior Researcher of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute told about the outlooks of the real estate market in 2023.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA HAS REVEALED THE COUSES OF ENTREPRENEURS’ UNSCRUPULOUS PRACTICES WITH FARMLAND

12 january 2023

On the back of entrepreneurs’ unscrupulous practices, the Republic’s farming companies are deprived of farmland. In her interview with RBK Ufa, Natalia Shagaida, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute has noted that there are numerous factors which have led to the current situation.

IGOR EFREMOV: “THE PARTIAL MOBILIZATION HAS BECOME A MAIN FACTOR AFECTING MEN’S LIFESTYLE

11 january 2023

In his interview with the  RBK, Igor Efremov, Researcher of the International Department of Demography and Human Capital of the Gaidar Institute has commented on Rosstat study findings which point to a decrease in the share of men leading a healthy lifestyle.

IGOR EFREMOV: “THE BIRTH RATE WILL KEEP DECLINING IN 2023”

09 january 2023

The government is working out further measures to increase the birth rate. Igor Efremov, Researcher of the International Department of Demography and Human Capital of the Gaidar Institute predicts “the lowest annual number of births in the Russian history” late in 2023 – early in 2024. Igor Efremov’s view was published by the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily.

ALEXEI VEDEV: “IT WAS A HARD YEAR, BUT THE ECONOMY MANAGED TO WITHSTAND

22 december 2022

The Finversia website has published the main points of the speech delivered by Alexei Vedev, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute who took part on December 20, 2022 in the video marathon: “Russian Economy and Finances: Results of the Challenging Year” sponsored by Alexei Mamontov’s team (the “Find Mamonta” channel) and Ian Art (the Finversia channel).

SERGEI ZUBOV ON HOW THE DEVELOPMENTS OF 2022 HAVE AFFECTED THE REAL ESTATE MARKET

21 december 2022

In 2022, the Russian real estate market has become the most turbulent in the past decade, reports the Profil magazine weekly. Sergei Zubov, Senior Researcher of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute said that the main trend of the outgoing year was decreased demand for housing amid appreciation of prices and a pickup in mortgage interest rates.

ALEKSEY VEDEV: “ECONOMY CAN BRING CLOSER AZERBAIJAN AND IRAN”

17 december 2022

Aleksey Vedev, Head of Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute, ex-Deputy Minister of the economic development of the Russian Federation, commented in an interview with Oxu.Az on the results of the Summit of Heads of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan. The expert noted that most of the gas-consuming countries intend to diversify the market and increase the sources of supplies.

ALEKSEY VEDEV: “STATE PLANNING REQUIRES NEW APPROACHES”

16 december 2022

Aleksey Vedev, Head of Financial Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in the expert session of the Coordinating club of the Free Economic Society of Russia, dedicated to the topic “Planning in the realities of global transformation: new approaches, issues and solutions.”

SERGEI TSUKHLO: “THE EURO AREA INDUSTRY’S INFLATION EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH AND STRIKINGLY SHOCKING”

14 december 2022

Sergei Tsukhlo, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute told EADaily about the worsening momentum of the euro area manufacturing. In November, the pan-European Industrial Confidence Indicator kept falling further. Sergei Tsukhlo explained how this correlated with the situation in the Russian industry.

ALEXANDER KNOBEL: “RUSSIAN EXPORTS TO THE US HAVE ACTUALLY COME DOWN TO NUCLEAR FUEL, FERTILIZERS AND PLATINUM GROUP METALS”

08 december 2022

The RBK  has published the opinion of Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute that Russia has increased supplies of uranium and palladium to the US since October 2022.