Olga Izryadnova, Head of Structural Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute, shared her views with “Mir novostei” that the implementation of new projects requires skilled workers, while it is really difficult to find them.
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NATALIA SHAGAIDA: “INFLATIONARY EXPECTATIONS ARE A DERIVATIVE OF FOOD PRICE GROWTH”
05 august 2021
Novaya Gazeta, in a feature article, cites data from the joint study “Assessing the Impact of Institutional and Structural Changes on the Development of Russia’s Agricultural Sector”, conducted by Natalya Shagaida, Head of the Gaidar Institute’s Agrarian Department, and Vasily Uzun of the RANEPA Center for Agri-Food Policy.
STEPAN ZEMTSOV: “IT IS FEASIBLE TO ORIENT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TOWARDS COMPANY OPERATING IN THE PROMISING INDUSTRIES”
05 august 2021
The sector of fast-growing companies (FGC) in Russia is slowly gaining in efficiency, according to Kommersant. Overall, Russia’s FGC sector remains small compared with the developed countries. Stepan Zemtsov, senior researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Innovation Economics Department, believes that it would be feasible to focus government support on the companies operating in those industries that correspond to Russia’s long-term development priorities.
SERGEY DROBYSHEVSKY: AN ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR AUGUST 2021
02 august 2021
Scientific Director of the Gaidar Institute Sergei Drobyshevsky, in an interview with Kommersant, shared his economic forecast for the next month. He answered the questions as to what will be happening with the USD-to-ruble exchange rate, world oil prices, the inflation rate and the behavior of the US dollar and the euro in the world currency market.
ALEXANDER DERYUGIN: “A FALSE ALARM: DOES THE GOVERNMENT DEBT ISSUE REALLY EXIST AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL?”
02 august 2021
Gazeta.ru published an article by Alexander Deryugin, researcher the Gaidar Institute’s Budget Policy Department, addressing the issue of whether the growth of government debt owed by subjects of the Russian Federation requires any intervention on the part of the federal government.
ALEXANDRA BOZHECHKOVA: “THE BIG MAC INDEX SUGGESTS THAT THE RUBLE IS UNDERVALUED”
30 july 2021
According to Izvestia, the Big Mac Index shows the Russian ruble to be in 2nd place among the most undervalued currencies in the world, behind only of the Lebanese pound. Alexandra Bozhechkova, head of the Gaidar Institute’s Monetary Policy Department, explains why the gap between the ruble’s nominal exchange rate and the Big Mac Index is so great.
ALEXEY VEDEV PREDICTS THE RUBLE MOVEMENT PATTERN FOR THE “FATEFUL” MONTH OF AUGUST
30 july 2021
Alexey Vedev, head of the Gaidar Institute’s Financial Studies Department, offered his forecast of the ruble forex rate movement pattern for the “fateful” month of August. According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, in line with the evil tradition dating back to the 1998 default, the people always expect the last month of summer to be fraught with threats to the national currency.
NATALYA SHAGAYDA: “EACH COUNTRY IS DEPENDENT ON SOME PRODUCTS, BUT THE DEPENDENCE IS UNSIGNIFICANT”
29 july 2021
Natalia Shagayda, head of the Gaidar Institute’s Agrarian Department, on the air with Sputnik radio program, discussed the issue of whether the products manufactured inside the EAEU could successfully displace imported products from the domestic market, and the benefits this could bring to ordinary consumers.
OLGA IZRYADNOVA: “THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY DEMONSTRATED SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY IN H1”
28 july 2021
Olga Izryadnova, Head of the Gaidar Institute’s Structural Policy Department, said in her interview with The Independent Newspaper that over the course of H1, the Russian economy was characterized by positive trends in demand and supply recovery. This was her commentary on Russia’s economic growth forecast for 2021 released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
OLGA IZRYADNOVA IDENTIFIED ONE INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA WITH AN ‘ALARMINGLY LOW’ INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
22 july 2021
In Russia, investment activity in the chemical and petrochemical industrial complex has remained alarmingly low. This is what Оlga Izryadnova, Head of the Gaidar Institute’s Structural Policy Department, said in her interview with the news agency REGNUM. She believes that the Russian economy has been recovering at a rather dynamic pace, which is confirmed by the international credit rating agencies.
ALEXANDER DERYUGIN OFFERS HIS FORECAST OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE THIRD COVID-19 WAVE FOR THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
21 july 2021
The Russian economy may suffer from a third wave of the pandemic, as the media have prophesized. The validity of such fears was discussed on the air with Sputnik radio program by Alexander Deryugin, researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s Budget Policy Department.
MAIN REASONS FOR THE UNPOPULARITY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN RUSSIA
21 july 2021
In Russia, the rapid development of the electric vehicle market is hampered by several major obstacles. This was explained to REGNUM by Yuri Ponomarev, senior researcher at the Gaidar Institute. This is his comment on the promise, voiced by the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade, that preferential car loans from 2022 will also apply to electric cars.
ALEXANDER KNOBEL ESTIMATES RUSSIA’S PROSPECTS IN HER TRADE CONFLICT WITH EUROPE
21 july 2021
The European Union attempted to launch a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against Russia concerning the economic advantages of domestic producers. Head of the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department Alexander Knobel shared with The Russian Newspaper his opinion that Russia has some weighty arguments to present in the dispute with the EU.
IRINA STARODUBROVSKAYA: “FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES ARE NEEDED”
19 july 2021
At the end of June, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the RF Ministry of Finance and the RF Ministry of Economic Development to prepare, by August 1, al the necessary measures designed to reduce the shadow sector’s share in the regional economies of the North Caucasus. Irina Starodubrovskaya, Head of the Gaidar Institute’s Center for Political Economy and Regional Development, believes that the issuance of grants for the legalization of entrepreneurial activity can become an effective initiative to support local businesses. TASS quotes the expert’s opinion as follows.
NATALIA SHAGAIDA: “GROCERY PRICES SEE A RECORD-BREAKING SPIKE”
16 july 2021
In Russia, foodstuff prices are soaring at breakneck speed. Prices for cabbage and carrots increased, while those of bananas have hit their all-time high. Natalya Shagaida, Head of the Gaidar Institute’s Agrarian Department, said in her interview with 360 that the reasons for the current spike in prices should be looked for outside of the agricultural sector. The underlying contributing factors include the rise in prices for imported vegetable seeds, spare parts for equipment, and the ever-increasing shipping costs.
IGOR EFREMOV SPEAKS ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION SHRINKAGE IN RUSSIA IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE “EVENING MOSCOW” DAILY
14 july 2021
On July 14, Igor Efremov, researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Research Department of Political Demography and Macrodynamics, gave an interview to the “Evening Moscow” daily, where the ongoing reduction of alcohol consumption in Russia was discussed.