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Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, spoke to RBC about the impact of the conflict in the Persian Gulf on the global economy and the oil market.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained in a comment for RBC why the rise in obesity affects not only the healthcare system but also the economy as a whole.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the reasons behind the rise in spending on cafes and restaurants by Russian citizens.

Maria Girich, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, spoke about the development of digital platforms and approaches to their regulation.

Alexey Vedev, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Financial Sector Department, a guest on RBC’s “Day. Highlights” program.

Deputy Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Expertise Lora Nakoryakova on RBC’s “Day. Highlights” program.

Anastasia Levchenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Industrial Organization and Infrastructure Economics Department spoke to Nezavisimaya Gazeta about the current state and growth areas of industrial cooperation within the EAEU.

The Bank of Russia should not rush to ease monetary policy just yet, despite calls to cut the key rate. This opinion RBC was expressed by Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute.

Olga Rozanova, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, told RBC how the extreme heat in Europe could affect the Russian economy.

A de facto duopoly between the U.S. and China has emerged in the global generative artificial intelligence market. Russia, however, has the potential to take its place among the secondary AI powers. This was reported to Izvestia by Kirill Chernovol, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department.

Starting October 1, 2026, digital platforms—including taxi services, delivery services, freelance marketplaces, and service aggregators—will begin restricting self-employed workers’ collaboration with a single client. Experts from the Center for Evidence-Based Analysis at the Gaidar Institute, in comments for RBC, noted that the new rules do not yet take into account many of the specific features of platform-based employment and require further refinement.

Deni Sugaipov, a research fellow at the Laboratory for Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes at the Gaidar Institute Deni Sugaipov, commented for Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the results of a study on the use of artificial intelligence by Russian scientists and explained why the widespread adoption of AI does not yet mean an increase in the effectiveness of scientific work.

Vladimir Sedalishchev, Expert at the Economic Policy Foundation of the Gaidar Institute, spoke to “Vzglyad” about the key trends shaping the global economy and explained how they affect Russia.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute, in a commentary for RBC explained why prices for investment goods and services are rising faster than expected and assessed the impact of the key rate on investment activity.

In a comment to the Izvestia daily, Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Gaidar Institute's Monetary Policy Department, assessed the latest inflation data and explained why a one-week price increase should not be taken as a sign of a change in the overall trend.

In a comment for Sovereign Economy telegram channel, Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Gaidar Institute's Monetary Policy Department assessed the US regulator's plans to update its approaches to collecting and analyzing economic statistics.