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Alexei Vedev Assessed the RF Central Bank’s Measures
24 december 2021
Alexei Vedev, Head of the Financial Studies Department, Gaidar Institute commented to the Izvestia daily on the efficiency of the RF Central Bank’s measures.
Sergei Tsykhlo: “Industrial output dynamics will remain quite uncertain”
23 december 2021
Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department, Gaidar Institute shared his views with the Kommersant daily on industrial output dynamic in December.
Natalia Shagaida: “Targeted Aid May Help Fight the Inflation”
13 december 2021
As noted in the position paper “Price Adjustment: When to Stop?” published at the website of the RF Central Bank, targeted aid to people in need is more efficient than adjustment of food prices. Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department, Gaidar Institute holds
the same view.
Stepan Zemtsov: “Small business may face higher risks in the Russian Federation”
13 december 2021
In his interview to IА REGNUM,Stepan Zemtsov, Senior Research Associate
of the Innovation-Driven Economy Department, Gaidar Institute said that
at present it was premature to speak about the stabilization of the SME
situation in Russia. Such was his comment on the RF Ministry of
Economic Development’s conclusions regarding the stabilization of the
situation in the SME sector.
Natalia Shagaida: “Food Inflation is Higher than the Global Average”
10 december 2021
In November, the FAO Food Price Index kept growing. Natalia Shagaida,
Head of the Agrarian Policy Department, Gaidar Institute told
Agroinvestor about the factors which caused food price hikes and the
measures to be taken to push them down.
Alexander Knobel: “Annual inflation in Russia sped up to 8.4% in November”
10 december 2021
Commenting to the TASS News Agency the accelerating rate of inflation of 8.4% which approached the five-year record high in November, Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department, Gaidar Institute
said that the increased rates of inflation were still one of the main
pandemic-related implications caused by developed countries’ measures to
underpin demand.
Alexei Vedev Explained Unrealistic Forecasts of the RF Ministry of Economic Developmen
09 december 2021
Over the past 13 years, officials of the RF Ministry of Economic Development have developed minimum four long-term forecasts with expectations of high growth rates of the economy and households’ incomes, as well as predictable inflation. However, almost all indicators laid in the documents failed to materialize. At first, they were disrupted by the crisis of 2008–2009 and the crisis of 2014–2015, while later, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Alexei Vedev, Doctor of Economic
Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department, Gaidar Institute
told the Izvestia daily why the agency in question developed unrealistic
forecasts.
Alexander Deryugin: “Moscow Budget Deficit Will Not Be as Huge as Laid Down in the Document”
26 november 2021
The “Davydov.Index” cites the views of Alexander Deryugin, Associate
Researcher of the Budget Policy Department, Gaidar Institute, on the
2022-2024 Moscow City Budget approved by the Moscow City Duma.
Natalia Kornienko: “Outputs of research into current changes on the tobacco products market should facilitate fine tuning of the government excise policy
25 november 2021
Bulletin No11, 2021 of the RF Accounts Chamber presents an expert opinion of Natalia Kornienko, Head of the Fiscal Policy Development
Department, Gaidar Institute in the light of release of the RF Accounts
Chamber’s report on the outputs of “The Analysis of Levying and
Collecting Excises on Tobacco Products, Tobacco (Tobacco Goods),
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Nicotine-Containing Liquids and
Determination of the Effect of the
Existing Excises Collection System and Other Factors on the Development
of the Tobacco Industry in the Russian Federation in 2016–2020 and from
Year 2021 to Date”, a think-tank analysis.
Natalia Kornienko on Growth Drivers of Illegal Trade in Tobacco Products in Russia
25 november 2021
Natalia Kornienko, Head of the Fiscal System Development Department, Gaidar Institute commented to the Profil magazine on growth drivers of illegal trade in tobacco products in Russia.
Vera Barinova: “New Tax Regime is Aimed at Developing the Microbusiness”
22 november 2021
In 2022, Russia will start an experiment with the automated system of taxation (AST). Vera Barinova, Head of the Innovation-Driven Economy
Department, Gaidar Institute told the Izvestia daily, how the new
taxation system was going to influence the development of the
microbusiness in Russia.
KONSTANTIN KAZENIN: “RUSSIA BROKE THE RECORD FOR MORTALITY IN JUST ONE YEAR”
15 october 2021
The natural population decline in Russia has reached a million people over the past 12 months, which is an all-time high in the history of this country, URA.ru reports. Senior researcher at the Center for Political Economy and Regional Development of the Gaidar Institute Konstantin Kazenin noted the high mortality rate among elderly citizens.
ALEXANDER KNOBEL ON WHETHER RUSSIA WILL BE ABLE TO ENSURE ITS FOOD SECURITY
13 october 2021
Increasing demand and rising prices in the world food market have been observed for several years already, and the Russian government has implemented, as of now, a package designed to protect the domestic market from global food inflation. In an interview with Izvestia, head of the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department Alexander Knobel expressed his confidence that the measures launched at the government level would make it possible to reduce the impact of the unfavorable global food market situation, since they have already proved to be effective.
IGOR EFREMOV: “LABOR MIGRATION IS REGULATED ONLY BY THE ECONOMY”
07 october 2021
On October 4, Igor Efremov, researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics, took part in a live discussion with Prav!Da radio program that focused on migration issues. The discussion participants spoke on the air about its effect on the economy, and whether labor migrants are really needed in view of growing unemployment.
SERGEY TSUKHLO: “RUSSIAN INDUSTRY DEMONSTRATES PERSONNEL SHORTAGE”
06 october 2021
The Nezavisimaya Gazeta cites the opinion of head of the Gaidar Institute’s Business Surveys Department Sergey Tsukhlo about a serious personnel shortage in industry caused by shortages of migrant workers.
ALEXANDER DERYUGIN: “A NEW ECONOMIC CRISIS CAN HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH”
05 october 2021
Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Budget Policy Laboratory Alexander Deryugin discusses the RF Ministry of Finance’s plans to raise the investment threshold for the NWF. The expert’s opinion is published by Davydov.Index.