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ALEXANDER DERYUGIN: “THE CONCLUSION THAT EXPENDITURES ON SCIENCE WERE RECORD HIGH IS ARBITRARY”

29 august 2022

Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute commented to Davydov.Index on the news that Russia was listed the fifth in top-5 countries as regards R&D expenditures.

SERGEI TSUKHLO: “RUSSIA’S INDUSTRIAL CONFIDENCE INDICATOR RECOVERED”

25 august 2022

In his interview with EADailySergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute said that the Industrial  Confidence Indicator recovered in August after a dip in July.

SERGEY TSUKHLO: “RUSSIAN COMPANIES WORSENED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF KEY INDICATORS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SANCTIONS”

24 august 2022

Sergey Tsukhlo, head of the Gaidar Institute's business surveys laboratory, calculated the Industry Adaptability Index and noted a sharp deterioration of Russian companies in Q2. Companies are concerned with the situation with imported components, low demand for products and excessive employment. Forbespublished the results of the survey.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA: “IN CASE OF UNFAVORABLE OWN HARVEST THE EU WILL INCREASE IMPORTS”

23 august 2022

In her interview with MK.RU, Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute was asked whether extreme heat in the EU may affect Russia’s economy and the life of its people.

NATALIA SHAHAIDA ON SETTING UP A NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR OF PRODUCTS OF THE AGRI-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

11 august 2022

Natalia Shagaida, Doctor of Economic Sciences and Head of the Gaidar Institute’s Agrarian Department, appeared on the air of the Sputnik radio-broadcast service delivering a comment on the concept of creating a national distributor of Russian agri-industrial complex products in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, which is being elaborated by the RF Ministry of Agriculture.

IGOR EFREMOV EXPLAINS THE ACCELERATED DECLINE IN THE BIRTH RATE

10 august 2022

Igor Efremov, a researcher at the International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics of the Gaidar Institute, gave an interview to RBC on the reasons for the current decline in the birth rate, and on the demographic prospects to be expected by Russia against the backdrop of the sanctions-triggered crisis.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA NOTED GLOBAL GROWING DEMAND FOR RUSSIAN CEREALS

05 august 2022

Russia reached a record level of cereal production in H1 2022. This was reported by the news portal “Moscow region today”, citing data from the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR). Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department at the Gaidar Institute, noted that Russia has long produced large volumes of cereals.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA SPOKE ON HIGH SHARE OF RUSSIANS' SPENDING ON FOOD

02 august 2022

Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented in an interview to Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the news that the share of Russians' spending on food has been steadily increasing, at least for the last two months.

SERGEY TSUKHLO: JULY'S INDUSTRIAL POLLS SHOW A SLOWDOWN IN THE RECOVERY FROM THE CURRENT CRISIS

31 july 2022

Nezavisimaya gazeta published data on the state of Russian industry authored by Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Department at the Gaidar Institute.

STEPAN ZEMTSOV: “THE INITIATIVE TO CREATE SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR SME COULD PROVIDE AN IMPETUS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT”

30 july 2022

Stepan Zemtsov, Senior researcher, Innovation Economics Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the collaborative initiative “Support of Russia” focused on establishing domestic targeted programs of SME development. “Vedomosti” published the expert’s opinion.

IGOR EFREMOV COMMENTED ON THE EXODUS OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES FROM RUSSIA

29 july 2022

Igor Efremov, Researcher, International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics at the Gaidar Institute, estimated losses to the Russian economy from migration to other countries in an interview to Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

ACCOUNTS CHAMBER BULLETIN PUBLISHED COMMENT BY ALEXEY VEDEV

29 july 2022

Alexey Vedev, Doctor of economic sciences, Head of Financial Studies Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented on the main conclusions of the Accounts Chamber report dedicated to the National Wellbeing Fund (NWF).

IGOR EFREMOV: “THE DECLINE IN RUSSIA'S POPULATION BY THE END OF THE XXI CENTURY IS NOT CATASTROPHIC"

26 july 2022

Igor Efremov, Researcher, International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics at the Gaidar Institute, commented to RBC on the HSE study on decline of Russia’s population by the end of XXI century, which can range from 67.4 to 216.7 mn people.

NATALIA SHAGAIDA: "FOOD-SHARING IS A GREAT SUPPORT MEASURE FOR PEOPLE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR TARGETED ASSISTANCE"

26 july 2022

“Agroinvestor” published the opinion of Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department at the Gaidar Institute, on development of food-sharing concept in Russia.

SERGEY TSUKHLO: “INDUSTRY FORECASTING INDEX REMAINS PESSIMISTIC”

20 july 2022

Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Department at the Gaidar Institute, provided Kommersant with a composite index of industry forecasts based on surveys of industry executives.

ALEXANDER DERYUGIN COMMENTED ON THE CONCEPT OF A NEW BUDGET RULE

18 july 2022

According to Vedomosti, the updated concept of the budget rule by the Ministry of Finance assumes a cut-off oil price of $60 per barrel and its production at 9.5 million barrels per day. According to Alexander Deryugin, Researcher of the Budget Policy Department at the Gaidar Institute, some of the treasury spending will most likely have to be abandoned when the budget rule is restarted, but the currency purchases will have a positive impact on the ruble and will partially compensate for the sterilization of excess revenues.