News

 Gaidar Institute and the RANEPA prepared joint comments on the draft federal law on the 2016 Federal Budget submitted to the State Duma on 23 October 2015.

Generally, analysts of  Gaidar Institute and the RANEPA believe that the strategic course of the monetary policy of the Central Bank of Russia is a correct one.  Inflation targeting with a free floating exchange rate is the most up-to-date monetary policy regime which many countries along with a majority of developed ones stick to.

Issue No.15 of the analytical review – The Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

On 3 November 2015. Mikhail Khromov, Director of the Structural Research Center gave an interview to the "Segodnya. Glavnoe” program on the RBK-TV channel in which the prospect of reduction of the Russian Central Bank’s key rate and the regulator’s monetary policy were discussed.

On 2 November 2015, the Forbes.ru carried an article – The Cult of Investments: Why Proposals of the Stolypin Club Will Fail to Work – written by Ivan Lyubimov, Senior Researcher of the Gaidar Institute in collaboration with Zafar Nazarov, Professor of the University of Indiana. In the above article, the Economy of Growth plan of development of the Russian economy presented by the Stolypin Club late in October was discussed.

On 28 October 2015, the RBK Web-site carried an article – “Emotions Aside: What Hinders Import Substitution in Russia” – by Sergei Tsukhlo. The article presents the analysis of consequences of the policy of import substitution to the Russian industry. 

By Order No.526 of 22 October 2015 of the President of the Russian Federation, employees of the Gaidar Institute received national awards for a great contribution to implementation of the government policy in the sphere of social and economic development of the Russian Federation and long-term effective work.

On 23 October 2015,  Gaidar Readings – “Exploring the Present, Look into the Future” – dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Gaidar Institute was held in Moscow.

Issue No.14 of the analytical review – The Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

16 October, Alexander Knobel, Head of the Department of the International Trade gave an interview to the MIR TV Channel. The interview coincided with the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council which took place on October 16 in Kazakhstan.

On 16 October, the Forbes.ru carried an article – Kazakhstan in the WTO: What the Allies Should Do? --by Alexander Knobel, Head of the Foreign Trade Department in which the analysis of the consequences of Kazakhstan’s accession to the WTO for the trade policy within the frameworks of the Eurasian Economic Union was presented.

Mikhail Khromov, Director of the Structural Research Center gave an interview to Ducascopy, a Swiss financial TV channel. The main topic of the interview was the monetary policy of the Central Bank of Russia and the prospects of appreciation of the ruble.

Issue No.13 of the analytical review – The Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

On 5 October 2015, the RBK Web-site carried an article -- “The Process Has Begun: How Import Substitution Takes Place in Industry” -- by Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Laboratory.

On 3 October 2015, Sergei Sinelnikov-Murylev, Director of Research of  Gaidar Institute was a moderator of the brainstorming session: “The Inflation-2017. The Target Level and Instruments of Achievement” which was held within the frameworks of the Sochi International Investment Forum on 1-4 October 2015.

On 2 October 2015, Georgi Idrisov, Head of the Center for Real Sector took part in the Round Table: “The Changing Pattern of the Russian Economy. Sectors, Property and Growth Models” within the frameworks of the International Investment Forum which was held on 1-4 October 2015 in Sochi and delivered the report: “The Changing Pattern of the Russian Economy”.