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In a commentary for Interfax news agency, Kirill Chernovol, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's International Best Practices Analysis Department, spoke about the development of the University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform (UTEP) and its role in integrating student startups into the country's economy. In his opinion, the impact of such startups became measurable precisely after the Platform was included in the Technology federal project.

In a commentary for Vedomosty daily, Laura Nakoryakova, Director of the Gaidar Institute's Center for Evidence-Based Expertise (CEBE), spoke about the possible economic implications which might be brought about by key measures of the new marketplace regulation.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute,  spoke to Izvestia on the reasons for decline of investment activity in Russia. Thus, the expert commented on the results of the latest monthly analysis of macroeconomic trends published by the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASF).

Ivan Ermokhin, Researcher of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, on the air of “Key Day” on the RBC channel spoke on the prospects of establishing payment systems alternative to the US dollar.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, shared her opinion for Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the reasons behind the updated strategy for development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the Russian Federation until 2030, submitted for review by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Denis Ternovsky, Expert at Economic Policy Foundation, explained the reasons for sugar prices reduction in a commentary for Izvestia. He believes that a surplus has been formed in the market due to high projected production volumes, not only in Brazil but also in India and Thailand.

"Moreover, the market is under pressure of declining sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil. Consequently, its conversion into sugar is increasing up to 52.1%, compared to previous 48.1%. The reason is that sugarcane ethanol is being actively replaced by cheaper corn ethanol, whose production will increase by 20%," he explained.

Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the Bank of Russia decision to lower the key rate to 16.5%. In his opinion, the regulator made a “balanced decision ”, which indicates the continuation of the cycle of monetary policy normalization.

Evgeniy Goryunov, Head of Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, told  Izvestia why Bank of Russia is selling precious metals at global record prices.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, in a commentary for RIA Novosti explained that the European Union's (EU) current lithium projects are not yet enough to ensure self-sufficiency by 2030, but much will depend on investors' willingness to finance European projects.

Alexandra Savina, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects Department, discussed the current situation regarding marketplace regulation. Alexandra Savina noted that while the debate was intensifying, the platforms themselves had a tool to mitigate concerns, that is, greater data transparency.

Experts of the Industrial Organization and Infrastructure Economics Department at the Gaidar Institute discussed new specialized architectures in time series forecasting: NBEATS and the recently introduced NHITS. These are replacing classic recurrent neural networks (such as LSTM and GRU).

Denis Ternovsky, Expert at the Economic Policy Foundation analyzed forecasts for major agricultural crops for 2025–2026. Forecasts from the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO UN), the International Grains Council (IGS), and the US Foreign Agricultural Service (PS&D FAS USDA), are most often used to analyze global production, consumption, and trade of major grains and oilseeds.

Andrey Zubarev, Senior Researcher of the Department for Digital Finance at the Gaidar Institute,  revealed an anomaly in the impact of the Bank of Russia's key rate on inflation in a commentary to the Prime news agency. He believes that a rate cut accelerates price growth significantly more than a rate increase helps to curb it.

Anastasia Levchenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's Industrial Organizations and Infrastructure Economics Department, analyzed the main trends in the development of car sharing in Russia and regulatory experience abroad.

Vera Barinova, Senior Researcher at Real Sector Department of the Gaidar Institute, explained how regional support measures help achieve technological sovereignty and why it is at the regional level that the foundations for technological breakthroughs are being laid today.

Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, Evgeny Goryunov, spoke about the direction of monetary and financial integration of the BRICS community. One of the reasons for the increased interest of the BRICS+ countries in currency integration is the political risks associated with the use of developed countries' currencies, primarily the US dollar. It is assumed that currency integration will be accompanied by more active de-dollarization in the BRICS+ countries.