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The Library on Gazetny, formerly known as the Shaninka Library, announces that it will continue its activities in a new format. Despite the name change, the institution retains its mission and remains an open space for intellectual development and academic exchange.

Natalia Antonenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute's Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects Department, shared her opinion on the Gaidar Institute Press new release for 2026 — the book ”Alibaba. Infrastructuring Global China” by Hong Shen. In her review, the expert evaluates the author's academic approach to analyzing the success story of the Chinese technology giant, notes the strengths of the publication, and identifies issues that remain outside the scope of the study but are important for understanding the scale and specifics of the transformation of the global digital economy.

On February 25, 2026, the City Economics Institute Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion entitled “Taking into Account the Principles of Sustainable Development of Russian Cities and Urban Agglomerations in Strategic Documents and Management Practices” as part of the 17th annual Saburov Readings conference. At the event, participants shared their experiences and research findings on how Russian cities are achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Maria Girich, Researcher of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, wrote a review of a book by Hong Shen ”Alibaba. Infrastructuring Global China”, released by the Publishing House of the Gaidar Institute in 2026.

Researchers of the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department prepared the next issue of the Monitoring of Legal Regulation of the Digital Economy № 1 (25), January 2026 where they talked about new trends in the development of regulation of the digital economy in the world.

Issue No. 1 of the quarterly analytical journal Cbonds Review for 2026 features an article by Evgeniy Goryunov, Head of Monetary Policy Department, entitled The Future of US Public Debt. The expert addresses the topic of US public debt in the context of recent political events and official forecasts that are about to be published.

Polina Kolozaridi, head of the DH Center at ITMO University and senior researcher at EUSPb, has prepared a review of Eugene Charniack's book The Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence: AI and Me published by the Gaidar Institute Press in 2025.

Mark Belov, Bachelor of Law from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Master of Philosophy from the European University in St. Petersburg, specialist in political theory and law, and independent researcher, has prepared a review of Harold Lasswell's book Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, published by the Gaidar Institute Press in 2026..

This is to present to you a new episode of the Gaidar Institute's podcast "Economy on Air" In the 5^th episode "Regional integration: hidden framework of global trade" Olga Ponomareva, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, spoke about current development of regional agreements and their impact on the future of the global trading system.

The Gaidar Institute conducted a study of the Russian domestic tourism market and analyzed travelers' booking channels.

On February 9, a discussion of the book by the representative of American political philosophy and ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre, “A Short History of Ethics”, took place at the Gaidar Institute library.

Polina Kolozaridi, head of the DH Center at ITMO University and senior researcher at EUSPb, has prepared a review of Lewis Mumford's book «Art and Technics», published by the Gaidar Institute Publishing House in 2025.