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Maria Girich, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, spoke to Kommersant about price trends in the Russian book market. According to her assessment, the industry’s revenue growth in recent years is primarily due to rising book prices, while the number of printed copies sold is declining.

Evgeniy Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute spoke to Nezavisimaya Gazeta about the factors that will influence inflation in Russia and the Central Bank’s decisions on the key rate.

Russia possesses one of the world’s largest reserves of rare earth metals (REM)—about 5.5% of global reserves, according to estimates by the Federal State Budgetary Institution “VIMS” for 2025. However, the country’s share in raw material processing and finished product manufacturing remains low. Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, spoke to the newspaper “Vzglyad” about the reasons for this gap and the measures needed to develop the industry.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute predicted in a comment to Frank Media that the Central Bank of Russia's key rate would increase from 14% to 14.25%. According to the economist, the regulator will take into account the continuing high inflation rate, but will try to prevent excessive cooling of economic activity.

An aging population, migration to large cities and changing lifestyles are leading to an increase in the number of single-person households. In a comment for Forbes, Olga Soldatkina, expert at the Gaidar Institute explained how this trend is affecting the housing market and consumer habits.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute commented for RBC on the outlook for the key interest rate through the end of 2026 and the impact of fiscal policy on the regulator’s decisions. Sergey Drobyshevsky predicts that the Central Bank of Russia may raise the rate from 14% to 14.25% at its October 23 meeting, and then return it to the previous level in December, provided that inflation slows down.

Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department explained to RBC why it is difficult for Russia to reduce its dependence on raw-material exports and which factors hinder the development of non-commodity sectors.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute told Nezavisimaya Gazeta how the development of artificial intelligence and electric transport is changing the global demand for metals and what opportunities this opens up for Russia.

The Central Bank of Russia has conducted a study on household consumer finances and found out how Russian households’ savings behavior changed over the past five years. Elizaveta Martyanova, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department analyzed the findings.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained how concerns regarding artificial intelligence evolve as technology advances, and why issues of responsibility and control remain central.

Denis Ternovsky, expert of the Economic Policy Foundation at the Gaidar Institute, explained in a commentary to Nezavisimaya Gazeta how a downward revision of grain export forecasts could affect domestic prices and farmers' investment in the future harvest.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, told "Pro Metall" publication about the consequences of American sanctions for copper, nickel and palladium market.

Out of the 17 million Russians who have registered as self-employed, only 53000 make voluntary pension contributions in addition to the tax on professional income. As a result, millions of citizens risk having to rely in the future solely on a social pension, which is roughly one-and-a-half times lower than an insurance-based pension. Ekaterina Papchenkova, Director of Center for Evidence-Based-Expertise at the Gaidar Institute, spoke to Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the possible ways to solve this issue.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, appeared on the RBC TV program "Den. Glavnoye".

Diana Sinelnikova-Muryleva, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented for Nezavisimaya Gazeta on growing cash volume in Russia and on the prospects of introduction of the digital ruble offline mode.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, told Vzglyad newspaper, how Russian business uses generative artificial intelligence, why its introduction has not yet become massive and what are the risks for labor market using this technology.