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Every second Russian makes no long-term plans, reports the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily referring to the outputs of the survey carried out by Webbankir, a financial online platform. Sergei Zubov, Senior Researcher of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute believes that planning is more relevant than ever today, but it should meet new realities which the society has found itself in.

In his interview with the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily, Igor Efremov, Researcher of the International Department of Demography and Human Capital of the Gaidar Institute shared his views on the impact of the developments of the past seven months on a future birth rate in Russia.

In his interview with “Davydov.Index”, Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department commented on the development by the RF Accounts Chamber of the guidelines for sustainable development of regions.

In his interview with the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily, Evgeny Goryunov, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Gaidar Institute commented on the factors which triggered on Monday the fall of the Russian stock market which was similar to that seen late in February. Evgeni Goryunov notes that the partial mobilization was a substantial factor for it.

The introduction of the fiscal rule was postponed till 2024 owing to the government’s priority expenditures. In his interview with the Ura.ru Ilya Sokolov, Leading Researcher of the Gaidar Institute said that it was normal for the government to introduce the spending cap in a favorable environment, while in 2022-2023 we would see an anti-crisis management of the economy.

According to the Nezavisimaya Gazeta, home appliances in Kazakhstan and Poland turned out to be one and a half times cheaper. Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute explained why home appliances in Russia were sold at the unofficial exchange rate of Rb90 per $1.

In his interview with “Davydov.Index”, Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute commented on the news that the RF Government would introduce additional measures to support the agrarian sector in 2023.

Pavel Trunin, Director of the Center for Macroeconomics and Finance and experts of the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, RANEPA analyzed global economic outlooks for 2022. The EADaily Information agency published the outputs of their study.

The peak of the economic crisis in Russia has been overcome: in July 2022 the Russian economy saw growth after the negative trend of the past four months was reversed, says the Expert magazine citing the outputs of research carried out by Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute.

Starting from 2022, Bashkiria has allocated Rb114 mn on subsidizing a portion of costs of agricultural consumer cooperatives (ACC). In her interview with the RBK Ufa, Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute noted that cooperation was an important factor for development of small producers. 

The Government supported the idea of food-sharing. Natalia Shagaida, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute told the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily about the idea to give expired food products to those in need.

In his op-ed for “Davydov.Index”, Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute, expressed an opinion that Samsung would return to the Russian market before 2023.