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Lyubov Filin, Head of Event-Based Regulatory Practice Department at the Gaidar Institute, told to Nezavisimaya gazeta, to what extent the examination leave of foreign citizens arriving under government quotas from mandatory examinations in Russian language, history and legislation will help to solve staffing shortage at the expense of migrants.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher, International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented to RT that the RF authorities have no urgent need to raise taxes to cover the budget deficit. In his opinion, the government deliberately chooses debt financing and using reserve funds to avoid suppressing investment activity.

Vera Larionova, Researcher, Department for Digital Finance at the Gaidar Institute, spoke about the DeFi decentralized finance technology and ways to use it to make finance more accessible.

The law adopted by the State Duma on the accelerated release of maternity capital funds will have a positive impact on the public’s perception of the effectiveness of government agencies. Tatyana Ivakhnenko, a researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department, told RT.

The development of technological trends in metallurgy will accelerate the exploration of scarce resources and reduce the capital intensity of production. Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, expressed this opinion for Prime.

Lyubov Filin, Head of Evidence-Based Regulatory Practice Department, took part in the program “Day. The key points” at the RBC channel on May 22, 2025, where she discussed with the program hosts the growing partial employment in Russia. According to 2024, the average annual underemployment reached 4.61 mln, up 6% from 2023 and the highest since 2015.

Evgeniy Goryunov, Head of Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, was a guest on a podcast of the 1^st channel “Easy money. Major economic fears of Russian people: from freezing deposits to collapse of the ruble.” Together with the host, financial analyst Mikhail Khanov, the expert discussed the main economic concerns of Russian people in the program dated May 26, 2025.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute, commented to the RBC on growing inflation expectations of Russian people despite slowdown of a real inflation and strengthening of the ruble.

The construction of 130 ships for the Northern Sea Route (NSR) until 2036 will require at least 480 thousand tons of shipbuilding steel, and the maximum volume may reach 4.1 million tons. These data were provided by Dmitry Evdokimov, a researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Laboratory for Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects, for the Prime publication.

Lubov Filin, Head of Evidence-Based Regulatory Practice Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented for Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the labor market situation in connection with the growth of unpaid vacations. The expert believes that in the context of declining economic activity, companies are increasingly resorting to unpaid vacations in order to retain valuable personnel.

The international rating agency Moody’s downgraded the long-term credit rating of the USA from AAA to AA1 due to the continuing government debt and budget deficit. Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, in his commentary for RBC discusses the reasons for the growth of the US government debt and how it affects the US and global economy.

On May 22, the bitcoin exchange rate rose to a record $111,000. Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, said in a commentary for RTVI that the US policy was one of the reasons for the rise of the cryptocurrency.

Commenting for RBC on the data of a record 10-years level of part-time employment in Russia, Lyubov Filin, Head of Evidence-Based Regulatory Practice Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained the reasons for high rates in the regions.

Dmitry Evdokimov, Researcher, Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented to Moskva 24 channel on the situation related to European car producers, facing bankruptcy due to high energy prices and competition with Chinese brands.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta published a comment by Maria Girich, Researcher, International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, on the initiative to develop registers of carriers of construction waste for regulating this industry.

Nezavisimaya gazeta published a comment by Maria Girich, Researcher, International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, dedicated to growing popularity of esoteric services and psychological aid in Russia.