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On November 12, the 16th Seminar on Economic Research, “Big and Alternative Data in Finance and Economics: Challenges and Achievements,” took place. Marina Turuntseva, Senior Researcher at Short-Term Forecasting Department, Gaidar Institute, participated in the roundtable discussion “Data for Modern Research: Practical Aspects.” In her report, “[Big] Data: A Luxury or a Resource Curse?”, she presented a systematic analysis of the opportunities and challenges of working with different types of data for socio-economic research.

On November 17th the 5^th issue of Economic Policy was available for readers.  Economic Policy is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal established by the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in 2006.

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 №10(22),October 2025 where they talked about new trends in the development of regulation of the digital economy in the world.

On November 14, the Grushinsky Prize ceremony was held, an annual award for achievements in the field of sociological literature. The winners in all four main categories were announced at the ceremony.

Gaidar Institute Press has been nominated for the annual Grushin Prize. Bertrand Russell's “Power: A New Social Analysis”  translated by Dmitry Kralechkin was shortlisted in the Best Translation category.

In the summer of 2025, the Gaidar Institute’s Center for Evidence-Based Expertise carried out a study timed to coincide with the adoption of the Federal Law “On Certain Issues of Platform Economy Regulation in the Russian Federation.” The study was focused on a comprehensive analysis of the new law, international trends in the regulation of digital platforms—in particular, marketplaces—as well as an examination of the structure of the Russian market and the experience of partners and consumers interacting with the largest platforms.

In the summer of 2025, Russia adopted Federal Law No. 289-FZ of July 31, 2025, "On certain issues of regulating the platform economy" (hereinafter referred to as the Platform economy law), establishing rules for various marketplace commercial practices:

From October 25 to November 2, 2025,  the 68th International Book Fair, a significant cultural event in South-Eastern Europe, will be held in Belgrade, Serbia. The Gaidar Institute Press is a participant in the Russian exposition at the book fair.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce that on October 22, 2025, at the age of 95, the outstanding scientist, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute, Revold Mikhailovich Entov, passed away.

On October 22, 2025, Alexander Yuryevich Knobel, Senior Researcher at the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute, defended thesis for the degree of Doctor of Sciences before the Thesis committee of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. The topic of his research is “A Theoretical and Methodological Approach to Assessing the Impact of Foreign Economic Activity on the Development of the Russian Economy.”

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 №9(21),September 2025 where they talked about new trends in the development of regulation of the digital economy in the world.

On October 21, 2025, Andrey Polbin was at the RANEPA's Thesis committee for the defense of his doctorate thesis in economic studies. The topic of his scientific work is “Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Macroeconomic Modeling of Economic Systems with High Dependence on Hydrocarbons.”

Voprosy Ekonomiki journal published an article by Andrey Zubarev, Senior Researcher at the Department for Digital Finance, and Sofia Kolesnic, Researcher at the Monetary Policy Department, where authors considered the Asymmetry of the Bank of Russia’s monetary policy: Effects on macroeconomic indicators

On October 18–19, the Gaidar Institute Publishing House will take part in the 10^th jubilee Rassvet Book Fair.