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Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute shared his opinion with “Davydov.Index” on the budget expenditures prioritizing methods developed by the RF Ministry of Economic Development.

In 2022 Russia faced a totally new economic reality. The unprecedented external sanctions and withdrawal of many Western companies from the Russian market have caused an economic downturn and crisis. Alexey Vedev, Doctor of economic sciences, Head of Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute, interviewed by a business magazine ”Invest-Foresight”, talked about living in financial and economic uncertainty.

Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaidar Institute, talking to the Club of Regions commented on the news related to development of cotton production in the Stavropol region. According to the expert, the revival of cotton production will have a positive impact on socio-economic development of the region in the long term, support the agricultural sector in a difficult economic period and provide the country with raw materials, which previously could only be obtained from the foreign market.

Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaidar Institute, talking to the Club of Regions commented on the news related to development of cotton production in the Stavropol region. According to the expert, the revival of cotton production will have a positive impact on socio-economic development of the region in the long term, support the agricultural sector in a difficult economic period and provide the country with raw materials, which previously could only be obtained from the foreign market.

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.