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"The slowdown of the Russian economy in the current situation can be regarded as good news, it will facilitate the return of sustainable GDP growth rates in the long term," Sergei Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute, told the ТАSS news agency.

RTVI has published the opinion of Gaidar Institute experts on the de-dollarization progress and the feasibility of creating the BRICS single currency.

Sberbank Branch in India has published a commentary by Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute, on the main factors that affected Russia’s economy in 2024. According to the expert, the growth of the Russian economy was based on the development of the domestic market, exports of non-resource non-energy exports and investments in domestic production.

Dmitry Kuznetsov, a researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, named to RIA Novosti the industries that would be hardest hit by possible duties on US copper imports.

RIA Novosti posted a commentary by Gasan Ramazanov, an expert at the Gaidar Institute, on the consequences of a possible imposition of duties on the copper imports to the United States

Gasan Ramazanov, expert at the Gaidar Institute, has given to RIA Novosti a list of industries that require rare earth metals in production.

The ECONS published an author’s column by Maria Girich, where the expert explained how AI algorithms collude and how to combat it.

RIA Novosti reported that Donald Trump instructed the Department of Commerce to consider imposing new duties on copper imports to restore production of metal in the United States. Gasan Ramazanov, expert at the Gaidar Institute, noted that this would increase competition in the global market and could cause a drop in copper prices.

Experts of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, talked in the publication for Nezavisimaya gazeta on the specifics of creating humanoid robots.

Experts of the Gaidar Institute asked by the Prime expressed their opinion that the impact of the European sanctions on Russian aluminum will be limited.

Lora Nakoryakova, and Deni Sugaipov, experts of the Gaidar Institute, shared with Komsomolskaya pravda their vision of the records in Russia’s economy achieved despite international sanctions.

Evgeniy Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, told RB.RU that ruble appreciation is unlikely to last long.

RTVI reported that Russian banks have started massively introducing commissions for purchasing old style cash dollars. Kirill Chernovol, researcher, International Best Practice Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, advised Russians to check banknotes when exchanging them and file complaints if the exchange conditions were not explained in advance.

Alexey Vedev, Leading Researcher, Financial Sector Department at the Gaidar Institute, in an interview published by Novye Izvestia described current state of Russia’s economy.

Ekaterina Papchenkova, Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Expertise at the Gaidar Institute, noted in a comment for Vedomosti that it is still hard to tell that the bill respects the balance of interests of offline and online businesses.

Maria Girich, Researcher, International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, explained to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, that restricting mining in certain regions may stimulate «gray» mining market.