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The peak of annual inflation in Russia against the backdrop of high key rate and strengthened ruble will be in March-April, Principal Researcher of the Gaidar Institute Sergey Drobyshevsky said in comments for RIA Novosti.

In the program «World Opinion» on Television and radio broadcasting company «MIR», Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert of the Economic Policy Foun, discussed with the host Alexei Melnikov the increase of US tariffs against China.

Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert of the Economic Policy Foun, spoke about the consequences of the trade confrontation between the US and China in his commentary for Vzglyad.

Evgeny Goryunov, Head of the Monetary Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute, commented to Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the data from the Central Bank’s survey on the maximum volumes of stock purchases by both Russians and non-residents recorded in March.

Alexander Firanchuk, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, and Vladimir Sedalishchev, expert at the Economic Policy Fund, have commented for RTVI on how Trump’s new tariff policy will benefit Russia.

Tatyana Ivakhnenko, Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Mathematical Modeling of Economic Processes Department, commented for Expert on the reasons for the growth and reduction in income distribution in Russia.

Gaidar Institute Press has published Artificial General Intelligence by Julian Togelius. We present the opinion on the book by Vladimir Kosarev, a researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Sectoral Markets and Infrastructure Department:

The Belgian Treasury has authorized Euroclear to unfreeze some Russian assets. Kirill Chernovol, researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Best Practices Analysis Department, said in a commentary for Rossiyskaya Gazeta that the EU sanctions legislation can be applied flexibly if local authorities wish to do so.

RBC has published the opinion of Alexander Firanchuk and Dmitry Kuznetsov of the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Studies Department on what the escalation of the trade war between China and the United States will lead to.

Alexander Firanchuk, senior researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Studies Department, and Olga Ponomaryova, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, commented for VZGLYAD on the large-scale tariff war unleashed by the United States.

Alexander Firanchuk and Dmitry Kuznetsov of the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Studies Department told RTVI about the consequences for the Russian economy of Donald Trump’s imposition of large-scale tariffs against 180 countries on imports of goods to the United States.

In an interview for RT, Olga Ponomareva, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation, commented on the goals and possible consequences of Donald Trump’s protectionist policy. In her opinion, the introduction of import tariffs by the US against more than 200 countries may lead to higher import prices and affect American consumers. In a commentary for RT, she analyzes the goals and possible consequences of Donald Trump’s protectionist policy.

Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a commentary by Lora Nakoryakova, a partner at the Center for Evidence-Based Expertise of the Gaidar Institute, on the willingness of Russians to change job for the sake of an extended social package.

RBC has published a comment by Dmitry Evdokimov, Researcher at the Quantitative Analysis of Economic Effects Department of the Gaidar Institute on the factors of industrial production slowdown in 2025 in Russia.

Denis Ternovsky, expert at the Economic Policy Foundation has commented to the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily on the situation in the Russian agricultural market, noting that the new state programs to support agriculture in terms of production of agricultural machinery and veterinary drugs, as well as the program of preferential leasing of agricultural machinery are in line with the government’s general strategy to enhance the localization of resources in the agricultural sector.

Sergey Drobyshevsky, Principal Researcher at the Gaidar Institute shared his opinion on the outlook for Russian economic growth in Q1 2025. RIA Novosti cites the expert’s opinion.