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“Nezavisimaya gazeta” published a monitoring of investment activity of industrial enterprises prepared by Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Department at the Gaidar Institute.

Alexey Vedev, Head of the Financial Studies Department at the Gaidar Institute, took part in the “ Den. Glavnoe” program on the RBC channel. The topic of the program was devoted to the sanctions’ anniversary after Russia recognized the independence of the DPR and LPR. Alexey Vedev answered questions on how sanctions have affected the economy, the lives of Russians and the country as a whole.

Commenting on the news on the Russians’ healthy life expectancy, Igor Efremov, Researcher of the International Department of Demography and Human Capital of the Gaidar Institute recommended that the rates of increase in the retirement age, particularly for men, should be slowed down in the Russian Federation. Otherwise, the period of their healthy life may end before retirement. The expert’s opinion was presented by the  Nezavisimay Gazeta daily.

The findings of the study carried out by Sergei Tsukhlo , Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute have revealed that Russian manufacturers view Chinese suppliers as the most popular channel for substitution of western equipment. The findings have been published by the RBK.

The Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily has published the opinion of Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agricultural Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute on how the inflation rate affected the Russian’s consumer activity in January 2023.

According to the data of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, on the back of benefits attributed to tax expenses the RF Ministry of Finance’s short-received budget revenues will amount to over Rb8 trillion in 2023. Elisei Leonov, Researcher of the Tax System Development Department of the Gaidar Institute shared his opinion with the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily on tax benefits efficiency in the Russian Federation and criteria for their evaluation.

The Kommersant daily cites the opinion of Yevgeny Goryunov, Senior Researcher of the Gaidar institute on the BRICS countries’ initiative to create their own currency.

In an interview with the EconomyTimes, Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute and Denis Ternovsky, Leading Expert of the Center for the Agri-Food Policy of the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, RANEPA speculate about record growth in grain reserves in the country, exports outlooks, support of domestic prices and profitability of production.

In his interview with the Nezavisimaya Gazeya, Elisey Leonov, Researcher of the Tax System Development Department of the Gaidar Institute speculates about whether a tax burden reduction will help the Russian economy retain financial stability.

In his interview with the Profil, a weekly magazine, Sergei Zubov, Senior Researcher of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute told about the outlooks of the real estate market in 2023.

On the back of entrepreneurs’ unscrupulous practices, the Republic’s farming companies are deprived of farmland. In her interview with RBK Ufa, Natalia Shagaida, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute has noted that there are numerous factors which have led to the current situation.

In his interview with the  RBK, Igor Efremov, Researcher of the International Department of Demography and Human Capital of the Gaidar Institute has commented on Rosstat study findings which point to a decrease in the share of men leading a healthy lifestyle.

The Finversia website has published the main points of the speech delivered by Alexei Vedev, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute who took part on December 20, 2022 in the video marathon: “Russian Economy and Finances: Results of the Challenging Year” sponsored by Alexei Mamontov’s team (the “Find Mamonta” channel) and Ian Art (the Finversia channel).

In 2022, the Russian real estate market has become the most turbulent in the past decade, reports the Profil magazine weekly. Sergei Zubov, Senior Researcher of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute said that the main trend of the outgoing year was decreased demand for housing amid appreciation of prices and a pickup in mortgage interest rates.