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Alexei Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute has commented on the RBK’s survey by SberCIB analysts who claim that budget deficit financing will drive up inflation by 3.9 p.p.–4.5 p.p. in Russia in 2023.

In his interview with the Govorit Moskva radio station, Alexei Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute said that it was rather complicated to implement modernization programs at the USD/RUR exchange rate of Rb70-Rb80 per $1.

The Kommersant daily has published Rosstat’s data pointing in the industry’s slow recovery. Further, Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute noted earlier that after the partial mobilization the sector’s labor shortages had become more acute and demand and output had decreased somewhat.

The draft federal budget for 2023 and the planning period 2024–2025 submitted by the Russian government to parliament provides for the use of funds generated by federal property privatization as a separate source of federal budget deficit financing. At the same time, the draft of the relevant federal law itself, just as the similar document submitted a year ago did, contains no information on the specific amount of income from privatization either in its main text or in the appendices. It is only in the explanatory note and some attached materials that the funds coming from federal property privatization are earmarked, alongside government borrowing, as an independent source of federal budget deficit financing.

Alexander Deryugin, researcher at the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute, shared with the Izvestia media outlet his opinion on the uneven distribution of budget expenditure throughout the year.

In its latest issue, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta published an article by leading researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Social Services Department Irina Dezhina, where the author reflects on with whom and how Russia is going to carry on its international cooperation in scientific research.

TASS cites the opinion of Alexey Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department at the Gaidar Institute, on what enabled the Russian economy to survive in 2022, and what could be expected of it in the future.

In his interview with Davydov.Index, Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute has shared his point of view on redistribution of Rb1.9 trillion in the 2023-2025 budget.

The US has declared that they do not regard Russia as a market economy. However, this decision does not entail any catastrophic consequences for Russia, though there are some unpleasant nuances. In his interview with the Expert magazine,  Alexander Knobel, Head of the Foreign Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute, Director of the Institute of International Economics and Finances, RAFT of the RF Ministry of Economic Development told what consequences the US Department of Commerce’s decision might have for Russia.

In his interview with the FederalPress, Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute said that the Russian economy would not be hurt in long-term under the pressure of the West.

Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute has presented to the Kommersant daily  the findings of the study that nearly a third of Russian industrial enterprises may face record-high labor shortages because of the partial mobilization.

The Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily has decided to find out how much money the Russians have earned and lost on various financial instruments in the past 10 years. Yevgeny Goryunov, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Gaidar Institute spoke about the instruments which might be worthwhile for ordinary citizens.

The Radio “Ъ FM”  has published an expert opinion of Sergei Prikhodko, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Executive Director of the Gaidar Institute on the scenario of the Russian economic development in 2023-2025.

“Davydov.Index”  presents the opinion of Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute on the RF Government’s extension of subsidies to regions providing the income tax investment deduction to companies.

Igor Yefremov, a Researcher of the International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the HSE study dedicated to excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The expert’s opinion was published by a weekly magazine “Profile.”