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Nezavisimaya gazeta published data on the state of Russian industry authored by Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Department at the Gaidar Institute.

Stepan Zemtsov, Senior researcher, Innovation Economics Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the collaborative initiative “Support of Russia” focused on establishing domestic targeted programs of SME development. “Vedomosti” published the expert’s opinion.

Igor Efremov, Researcher, International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics at the Gaidar Institute, estimated losses to the Russian economy from migration to other countries in an interview to Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

Alexey Vedev, Doctor of economic sciences, Head of Financial Studies Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the main conclusions of the Accounts Chamber report dedicated to the National Wellbeing Fund (NWF).

Igor Efremov, Researcher, International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics at the Gaidar Institute, commented to RBC on the HSE study on decline of Russia’s population by the end of XXI century, which can range from 67.4 to 216.7 mn people.

“Agroinvestor” published the opinion of Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department at the Gaidar Institute, on development of food-sharing concept in Russia.

Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Department at the Gaidar Institute, provided Kommersant with a composite index of industry forecasts based on surveys of industry executives.

According to Vedomosti, the updated concept of the budget rule by the Ministry of Finance assumes a cut-off oil price of $60 per barrel and its production at 9.5 million barrels per day. According to Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, some of the treasury spending will most likely have to be abandoned when the budget rule is restarted, but the currency purchases will have a positive impact on the ruble and will partially compensate for the sterilization of excess revenues.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has expanded the list of goods for parallel imports, according to Kommersant. Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department at the Gaidar Institute, shared his opinion on whether such a mechanism could rescue the Russian economy.

The dollar and the euro have shown a rapid rise against the ruble, which was last seen back in early June. Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained to RTVI why the ruble is falling and whether Russians should expect it to stabilize.