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Yevgeny Goryunov, Head of Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute , has predicted the Central Bank's upcoming decision on the key rate. In his opinion, the regulator will opt for a reduction, with the most likely scenario being a decrease of 2 percentage points.

Dmitry Evdokimov, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's Laboratory for Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects, noted in a comment for Vzglyad that the first flight of the serial import-substituted SJ-100 aircraft signifies the readiness of the configuration planned for delivery.

Tatyana Ivakhnenko, Research fellow at the Gaidar Institute's Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department, noted in a comment for RBC that tight monetary policy had a mixed impact on the middle class in Russia. According to her, citizens who have savings and know how to manage them wisely benefited, rather than those who depend on borrowed funds.

Antonina  Levashenko, head of the Best International Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, noted in a comment for «Vzglyad» that, despite pressure from the US, the European Union does not plan to abruptly abandon Russian oil supplies.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, noted in a comment for Nezavisimaya Gazeta that despite statements about the conclusion of a binding memorandum on the Power of Siberia 2 project, the key terms of the agreement remain unclear.

Lyubov Filin, Head of Evidence-Based Regulatory Practice Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented for Forbes on the transition of large companies to a four-day working week in Russia. The expert emphasized that this decision is driven by economic factors and is a way to optimize costs amid declining demand and high key rates.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute, commented for RBC that the decline in unemployment in Russia is one of the factors driving wage growth, especially in regions where the average annual wage has reached Rb100,000.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented for TASS about the prospects for the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, which is intended to connect gas fields in Western Siberia with China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region via Mongolia. Power of Siberia 2, which is to connect the gas fields of Western Siberia with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China via Mongolia.

Kirill Chernovol, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's International Best Practices Analysis Department and Olga Ponomareva, Expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, commented for Vzglyad on SCO's initiative to create an alternative financial system independent of the dollar.

Ivan Ermokhin, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's International Best Practices Analysis Department, commented for Nezavisimaya Gazeta that the discrepancies between official poverty statistics and opinion poll data are largely explained by the peculiarities of the inflation calculation methodology used by Rosstat.

The SCO summit provides Russia with a platform for developing cooperation with countries that are not involved in the sanctions policy, and can also potentially mitigate the effects of secondary sanctions. This was the opinion expressed in a commentary for TASS by Kirill Chernovol, a Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute and Olga Ponomareva, an expert  of the Foundation of Economic Policy.

Antonina Levashenko, Head of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, spoke in a commentary for RIA Novosti on potential growth of titanium imports from Russia to China. According to the expert, this may be related to development of the PRC aerospace and chemical industries.

Maria Girich, a Researcher of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, said in a commentary for RIA Novosti that producing gold from mercury at the nuclear power plants is theoretically possible. However, commercial reactors producing gold from mercury do not yet exist, thus, they can be expected in 10-20 years at best.

Ekaterina Papchenkova, Director of Center for Event-Based Expertise at the Gaidar Institute, commented for the RBC on the labor force shortages in Russia and in the world due to aging of the population. She believes that solution is not only to attract migrants, but also to involve “previously marginalized households’ groups” in the economy.

Evgeniy Goryuov,  Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, stated in a commentary for Izvestia that deflation observed in Russia is seasonal, it is not a long-term trend. The expert emphasized that price growth should be expected again in early autumn.

Lyubov Filin, Head of Event-Based Regulatory Practice Department at the Gaidar Institute, noted in a commentary for Izvestia  that requirements for IT specialists are changing due to introduction of artificial intelligence. In particular, mastering AI tools is becoming a necessity: “Skills in working with AI tools become a basic ‘hygienic’ minimum: the ability to use developer assistants, build simple pipelines using LLM and integrate models via API.”