On December 22, 2025, Dmitry Evgenievich Kuznetsov, Researcher at the International Trade Department, successfully defended his Candidate of Sciences thesis at the RANEPA Dissertation Council. The topic of his study was "Application of Heterogeneous Firm Theory Models to Identify Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of Russian Enterprises in Foreign Markets."
The team of the Gaidar Institute congratulates Dmitry Evgenievich on this significant achievement and the award of his Candidate of Economic Sciences degree. We wish him continued creative success and fruitful research!