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On July 16 the 3rd 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 №6(18), June 2025 where they talked about new trends in the development of regulation of the digital economy in the world.

We bring to your attention No. 12(185), 2025 of the analytical review “Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of Socio-Economic Development”, which tracks current trends and dynamics in the Russian economy.

We bring to your attention No. 11(184), 2025 of the analytical review “Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of Socio-Economic Development”, which tracks current trends and dynamics in the Russian economy.

According to the results of a survey conducted by the Sovereign Economy publication, the Gaidar Institute has entered the top 10 most important economic think tanks in Russia.

The book published by Gaidar Institute Press, edited by Oleg Ananyin Essay on the Nature of Trade in General by Richard Cantillon has been awarded the Best Academic Publication 2025 Prize of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET).

The Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy has announced the launch of the Gaidar Memorial Office virtual museum.

On June 25, a discussion of Raghuram Rajan’s book The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Neglect Community took place in the Library of the Gaidar Institute and the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES). The event was attended by Anna Nizhnik, Associate Professor of the Institute of Philology and History of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Candidate of Philological Sciences, MA in Political Science and International Relations; Kirill Chernovol, Researcher of the Best International Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute; Ilya Inshakov, Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Humanities at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES); Artem Zemtsov, Candidate of Political Sciences, Lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES).

In April and May 2025, books published by Gaidar Institute Press were presented at international book fairs in Kazakhstan and Iran. The events were sponsored by the Russian Book Union with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. In particular, books published by the Gaidar Institute Press could be seen at the international book fair "EURASIAN BOOK FAIR — 2025" in Astana, Kazakhstan (April 23–27) and the Tehran International Book Fair in Iran (May 7–16). Visitors had the opportunity to get acquainted with Russian publishers’ new book releases. After the exhibitions, all the books from Russia’s national stands were donated to the Russian Embassies in Iran and Kazakhstan.

On June 19, the staff of the International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute was invited to the A. A. Bochvar VNIINM JSC as part of a technical tour. The experts were introduced to a new method of superconductor manufacturing — the magnetron sputtering method. Such technology in the future will allow faster introduction of electric power devices in Russia and in the world.

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 №5(17), May 2025 where they talked about new trends in the development of regulation of the digital economy in the world.

On June 25 at 19:00, Gaidar Institute Library and the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES) will host a discussion of Raghuram Rajan’s book The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Neglect Community.

The journal “Voprosy Ekonomiki” published an article by Nikita Fokin, researcher of the laboratory of mathematical modeling of economic processes at the Gaidar Institute, “Analysis of hedonic price indices for Moscow’s secondary housing market and the impact of interest rates”, dealing with the analysis of the secondary housing market in Moscow.

The Center for Evidence-Based Expertise (CEBE) of the Gaidar Institute presented the study “Discounts on Marketplaces. Regulatory Scenarios with Economic Justification”, focused on analyzing the impact of discounts provided by marketplaces on sellers, consumers and platforms. The research is based on the data of own quantitative research on multistage quota-based all-Russian sample, analysis of judicial practice, regulator’s and legislator’s reaction to the application of such practices by marketplaces in the international and Russian arena, on the data of public financial statements of leading Russian marketplaces, as well as on the accumulated data set of the Platform Economics team. The authors’ economic and mathematical model was used to estimate the effects.

The development of digital employment platforms (DEPs) can significantly reduce the volume of hidden leased labor in Russia. This is the conclusion reached by experts of the Center for Evidence-Based Expertise at the Gaidar Institute in their study “Shadow Employment: The Role of Digital Platforms in Legalizing the Market”.

We bring to your attention No. 10(183), 2025 of the analytical review “Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of Socio-Economic Development”, which tracks current trends and dynamics in the Russian economy.