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Anastasia Levchenko, Researcher of the Industrial Organization and Infrastructure Economics Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented to RBC on the possible impact of negotiations between the US and Iran on the global oil market and prospects of the oil prices.

Olga Magomedova, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, told Izvestia, why higher education is losing value in some sectors of the economy and which specialties most often face this problem.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the changes in the mechanism of preferential loans to businesses and assessed their possible influence on borrowers and state budget.

Alexander Firanchuk, Senior Researcher of the International Trade Department at the Gaidar Institute, told RBC, why resource specialization does not always hinder the innovative development of the economy and what determines the efficiency of using resource revenues.

Olga Ponomareva, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, commented for Vzglyad on why Europe is increasingly lagging behind China and the US in technology and in which sectors the EU position is currently most vulnerable.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, told Forbes, how approaches to defining middle class are changing and why modern research increasingly takes into account not only income but also people's financial behavior.

Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, told RBC which scenarios for developing global economy and digital technologies appear most realistic today.

Evgeny Goryunov, Head of Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained in a commentary to Nezavisimaya Gazeta the reasons for the observed reduction in prices and why the current deflation cannot be yet considered as a stable economic trend.

Olga Magomedova, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, commented on the situation regarding the easing of the labor shortage in the job market.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, told RIA Novosti which metal is currently considered the cheapest in the world and why its price remains low.

The technological divide between the U.S. and China is giving rise to two competing centers of global development. This was discussed by Olga Ponomareva, an expert at the Economic Policy Foundation of the Gaidar Institute.

Andrey Zubarev, Senior Researcher at the Digital Finance Department of the Gaidar Institute, commented for Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the Russian government’s initiatives to regulate the Russian cryptocurrency market.

A typical tax-defaulting company is usually a small business, not large corporations. This was told by Kirill Chernovol, a researcher at the Gaidar Institute's Laboratory for the Analysis of best international practices.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department commented on the new procedure for writing off tax debts.

The United Arab Emirates has officially confirmed its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+, a move that could affect the balance of power in the global oil market. RIA Novosti spoke with Anastasia Levchenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Industrial Organization and Infrastructure Economics Department, about the possible consequences of this decision.

Precious metals, including gold and silver, as well as platinum group metals, remain among the most expensive assets on the global market in 2025. This was reported by Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute.