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The disputes around Egor Gaidar continue. Andrey Kolesnikov and Boris Minaev wrote a book, describing objectively and without embellishment the biography of a man who has changed overnight the lives of millions in this country.

On July 1, Aleksey Vedev, Head of Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in a scientific conference timed to coincide with the Ruble Day.

On May 28, 2021, Alexei Zamnius, Junior Researcher of the Macroeconomic Modeling of Economic Processes Department, Gaidar Institute addressed the 5th International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference. The Conference was held under the auspices of the National Research University Higher School of Economics with the support of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the “Demoscope” Research Center and the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and organized within the framework of the grant provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Stepan Zemtsov, Senior Researcher of the Innovation-Driven Economy Department, Gaidar Institute took part in the 2021 RSAI World Congress held in the online mode on May 25, 2021.

The presentation of the two latest issues (No.53-54 and No.55) of the Vestnik Evropy magazine was held in the online mode because of the coronavirus pandemic. And finally, on May 18, 2021 the live presentation of the latest two issues and the celebration of the magazine’s 20th anniversary were held.

On May 13, 2021, within the framework of the round table “The Effect of Digital Technologies on Economic Dynamics” sponsored by the Institute for National Economic Forecasts, RAS, Stepan Zemtsov, Senior Researcher of the Innovation-Driven Economy Department, Gaidar Institute, spoke about robotization, digitalization and labor markets in Russian regions.

Egor Gaidar would have turned 65 on March 19.

On March 11, Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in the round table discussion “Forest and forestry on agricultural lands” organized by RF Civic Chamber.

On February 27, Alexey Vedev, Head of Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in a discussion on the YouTube channel “Find a Mammoth”. The talk was dedicated to the topic: what can we expect from global economic policy in 2021?

On Saturday, February 27, Stepan Zemtsov, Senior Researcher, Innovation Economics Department of the Gaidar Institute, delivered a lecture on the regional dimension of SMEs supporting policy in Russia to NRU HSE students majoring in state and municipal administration.

On February 20, Stepan Zemtsov, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher of Innovation Economics Department of the Gaidar Institute, delivered a presentation: “Crisis geography in Russia’s small and medium business” within the framework of a scientific conference on arctic entrepreneurship, organized by ANO “Institute of regional consulting.”

On February 17, 2021, Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of Gaidar Institute, took part in the International scientific/practical conference “I Emelyanov readings: Agrarian policy: history, reality and prospects of development dedicated to 86 years birthday of Alexey M. Emelyanov, outstanding agrarian economist, political and public activist.

On February 9, Natalia Kornienko, Head of the Tax System Development Department, Gaidar Institute took part in the online seminar on tax control in 2021. The seminar was sponsored by the Segodnya Conference Center.