Tatyana Ivakhnenko, Researcher at Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department at the Gaidar Institute, commenting for RBC on the SberIndex study on the level of inequality in the consumption of Russian citizens, noted that its decline can be observed even if income inequality remains unchanged.
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Sanctions have redirected investment flows in the EAEU
04 july 2025
Alexander Knobel, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, in his study on foreign direct investment (FDI) in EAEU countries, expressed an opinion that external significantly affected the flows and distribution of FDI between EAEU member countries. “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” got acquainted with the expert’s research from issue No. 11(193), 2025 of the analytical review "Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of
Antonina Levashenko: “The increase in housing and utility tariffs will give a one-time increase in inflation but will not have a significant impact on the monetary policy”
04 july 2025
Increase in tariffs for housing and utility services from July 1 is an important factor in the modernization of the infrastructure of housing and utility services and should not have a significant impact on the monetary policy of Russia. Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis at the Gaidar Institute, commented for Finam.ru.
Evgeny Goryunov: “The risk of default in the USA is still insignificant, but such a scenario is feasible”
02 july 2025
Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, believes that a default in the USA is unlikely in the near future, but this scenario has become noticeably more realistic. The expert gave his assessment in a commentary for TASS, commenting on the annual report of the Bank for International Settlements.
Dmitry Evdokimov: “High Central Bank rates encourage Russians to buy cars for cash”
02 july 2025
The key rate growth and economic uncertainty has led to an increase in the share of Russians buying cars without using car loans.
Lora Nakoryakova: “Housing commissioning data allow us to say that national project targets have been met in a number of regions”
01 july 2025
In a comment for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily, Lora Nakoryakova, Deputy Director of the Gaidar Institute’s Center for
Anton Beloglazov: "A downturn in developers’ activity will hit SME in the building industry"
28 june 2025
In a comment to RBC, Аnton Beloglazov, Head of the
Denis Ternovskiy: “Mandatory GOST can make food prices fairer, but control is paramount”
27 june 2025
Maria Girich: “Extensive use, pollution and deforestation lead to river shallowing”
23 june 2025
Maria Girich, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, commented for Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the causes of river and reservoir shallowing and their impact on the economy and the environment. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the economic damage caused by droughts in 2021 will increase by 63% compared to the
Antonina Levashenko explained how investment changes will affect Russia's pension reserves
23 june 2025
Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented for Izvestia on the changes announced by the Bank of Russia in the rules for investing pension reserves of
Maria Girich: “Binding a marketplace to its own services creates risks for competition”
22 june 2025
Maria Girich, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, assessed in a commentary for Rossiyskaya Gazeta the desire of marketplaces to deploy a network of ATMs in their order points.
Ekaterina Papchenkova: “The draft law on platform employment does not solve the problem of ‘'grey’' employment”
21 june 2025
Ekaterina Papchenkova, expert, Center for
Lyubov Filin: “Not all the labor pool is ready to go to work due to various reasons”
20 june 2025
Lyubov Filin, head of the
Evgeny Goryunov: “The key rate may decrease to 14-16% by the end of 2025”
20 june 2025
Evgeny Goryunov, head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, said in a commentary for RT that the key rate may be significantly reduced by the end of next year if the current trend of slowing inflation continues. «If nothing extraordinary happens, inflation will be around 6.5–7.5% by the end of the year. It is now slowing down very quickly, and so far this process looks quite stable. Accordingly, the key rate will continue to decline and, I think, will reach 14–16% by the end of 2025," the expert predicted. Evgeny Goryunov also noted that the Central Bank may reduce the rate more aggressively in case of a threat of overcooling of the economy, but he estimates the probability of recession in Russia as low, assuming GDP growth of 1.2% this year.
Kirill Chernovol: “The growth of non-cash payments in Russia is a normal trend that calls for quality regulation”
18 june 2025
Lyubov Filin on the cooling of the labor market in Russia
17 june 2025
Lyubov Filin, Head of the Gaidar Institute’s