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On April 19, Head of International Trade Studies Department Alexander Knobel made a presentation at HSE XVII April Conference within the session “Prospects for Eurasian economic integration”. The topic of the presentation was the impact of a possible reduction of non-tariff barriers on the trade between EAEU countries.

On April 19, Gaidar Institute Scientific Director Sergey Drobyshevsky spoke at HSE XVII April Conference within the plenary session “Efficiency reserves of budgetary expenditures”.

On April 15–16, Head of the Tax System Development Department Natalya Kornienko took part in the XIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Tax law in the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation” which was held in Moscow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Issue No.6(24), 2016 of the analytical review – The Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

On April 12, Head of the Tax System Development Department Natalya Kornienko took part in the conference "Customs and Foreign Trade 2016: Dialogue Between Business and Government" which was held at the The Moscow Times location.

On April 6, Director of the Center for Structural Studies Mikhail Khromov gave an interview to the program "Bogdanov informed" on RBC-TV, in which the problem of inflation in Russia and the nature of the monetary policy of the Central Bank were discussed.

On April 5–6, the presentation of Yegor Gaidar's book "Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia" took place in Warsaw, attended by the Gaidar Institute's Executive Director Sergey Prikhodko.

Issue No.5(23), 2016 of the analytical review – The Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

On 1 April 2016, a report : North Caucasus and the Modern Model of Democratic Development prepared by Irina Starodubrovskaya, Head of the Center for Political Economy and Democratic Development and Konstantin Kazenin, Senior Researcher was presented to the Committee of Civil Initiatives.

On 31 March, Yuri Zaitsev, Senior Researcher took part in the FINAM online-conference: Russian Economy: Expectations and Reality at which participants discussed the existing economic situation in Russia and the prospects of exit from the crisis.

On 29 March 2016, Natalia Kornienko, Head of the Tax System Development Department took part in a meeting of the FBK Economic Club dedicated to the topic: Taxes: Will Economy Sustain?. During the debates, experts assessed the fiscal burden on business in Russia and exchanged views on the prospects of reduction thereof.

On 29 March 2016, Ivan Lyubimov, Senior Researcher held a seminar: Substandard Institutions and the Race between Education and Technologies at the Bank of Finland. The issue of selection of correct key reforms was discussed at the seminar.

On 28 March 2016, the Vedomosti daily carried an article – Our Simple Tasks -- by Ivan Lyubimov, Senior Researcher in which efficiency of investments for Russia’s economic growth is discussed.

On 19 March, Irina Dezhina, Leading Researcher of the Social Services Department delivered the report: The Russian-Speaking Research Expat Community: Experience and Motivation for Cooperation at the 57th Annual International Research Association which was held in Atlanta (USA).

On 18 March, Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Survey Department gave an interview to the Radio Liberty in which he explained factors behind sudden growth in the industrial optimism index in March.

On 19 March, Yegor Timurovich Gaidar, founder and director of the Institute for Economic Policy would have reached the age of sixty.