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Starting September 1, 2026, new rules for requiring employees to work overtime will take effect in Russia. Olga Soldatkina, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, explained in a comment for NEWS.ru why these changes are particularly important given the labor shortage and how they can protect employees from abuse.

Maria Girich, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, believes that suggested measures aimed to support of entrepreneurs, victims due to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacks, may reduce financial load on business, however, they will not intrinsically solve the issue of direct losses.

Ivan Ermokhin, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained in a commentary for News.ru, who will benefit from “garage amnesty”, which garages fall under its scope and why the law is important not only for citizens but also for the state.

Evgeny Goryunov, Head of Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, spoke to Finam on the prospects of inflation in Russia and future solutions on the key rate.

A mass engagement in spontaneous gold mining, similar to the “gold rush” in the Klondike at the end of the 19th century, is unlikely today due to increased government control over the subsoil and the need to obtain mining licenses. This was explained to RIA Novosti by Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, spoke on the key innovations of the Federal law related to support of the development of the artificial intelligence technologies, which was approved on July 26, 2026. The principal provisions of the Federal law will come into force as from September 2026.

In some countries, gold prospecting can be not only an industrial activity, but also a tourist attraction or hobby. Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, spoke to RIA Novosti about specifics of such activity in different countries.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, and Alexey Vedev, Leading Researcher of the Financial Sector Department at the Gaidar Institute, took part in the ”Den” program at the RBC channel.

Alexey Vedev, Senior Researcher at the Financial Sector Department of the Gaidar Institute, spoke to “Vyberu.ru” about the prospects for the Bank of Russia’s decision on the key rate in September.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, explained why Russia’s economic growth can coexist with a decline in rail freight volumes.

Tatyana Ivakhnenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department, analyzed trends in real average per capita cash income from 2001 to 2025.

Starting in 2027, a new system for monitoring food prices will take effect in Russia. According to Denis Ternovsky, an expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, the government is gradually moving away from directly capping retail prices and is instead focusing on analyzing exactly where and why a product’s price is determined from the producer to the store.

style="text-align: justify;">Russian foreign trade surplus rose by 14% in H1 2026, reaching $73.4 bn. Dmitry Kuznetsov, Researcher at the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute, spoke in an interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta about the factors behind these changes in foreign trade and how its structure is evolving.

Large investments in artificial intelligence do indeed create the risk of companies and technologies being overvalued, but it is still too early to say that a new financial crisis is inevitable. “Vzglyad” was told this by Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department.

Olga Ponomareva, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation of the Gaidar Institute, spoke to Nezavisimaya Gazeta about the implications of the investigation into Chinese office equipment and the potential impact of this situation on Russia.

Alexey Vedev, Senior Researcher at the Financial Sector Department of the Gaidar Institute, spoke to “MK” about the reasons behind the ruble's weakness in August. According to the economist, the key factor was the Ministry of Finance’s increased purchases of foreign currency under the budget rule, while the impact of export revenues and other factors is less significant today.