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On 29 June the RBC web portal released an article by Sergey Drobyshevsky, the IEP Sientific Director, “The Strength is in the weakness: why the ‘resource course’ and the sanctions are good for Russia.” The author analysis the problem areas of the Russian economy which can potentially bring benefits in future.

On 29 June the web portal of the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) released an article by Sergey Zhavoronkov, IEP senior researcher, dedicated to transfer pricing.

On 21-24 Gaidar Institute experts, Sergey Drobyshevsky, Scientific Director, Marina Turuntseva, head of the Short-Term Forecast Department, Viktoria Petrenko, researcher of the Short-Term Forecast Department and Pavel Trunin, leading researcher of RANEPA, participated in the 35th International Symposium of Forecasting which was held in Riverside, California (USA)

On 25 June, Arseny Mamedov, head of the Budget Policy Department, gave an interview to the RBC-TV program "Today. Key point" where he discussed the effect of the sanctions on the draft budget. 

On 24 June, the Russian service of the BBC released an interview with Alexander Knobel, the head of International Trade Department, where he analyzed the prospect of introduction in circulation by the IS of its proper currency.

10^th issue of the “Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and challenges of socio-economic development” has come out. It is an analytical review which task is to monitor current trends and shifts in the Russian economy.

On 25 June, web portal Bari.ru released an article by Bekhan Chokaev, Gaidar Institute senior researcher, dedicated to the issue of risks of simultaneous decline for the investors.

On 17-19 June, Andrey Polbin, senior researcher of the Center for Macroeconomics and Finance, attended the 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis on the theme Information for the Policy Maker: Practical Economic Modelling for Tomorrow, which was held in Melbourne. He made a presentation "Bayesian Updating of Input-Output Tables".

On 16 June, Georgy Malginov, head of the Ownership and Corporate Governance Issues Department, attended a round table discussion oа public companied governance efficiency organized by the Expert Consulting Council under the Rosimushchestvo (Federal Property Management Agency) and held at the Economic Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

On 15 June, Mikhail Khromov, director of the Center for Structural Research, gave a brief comment to the RBC-TV on the Bank of Russia key rate.

9^th issue of the “Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and challenges of socio-economic development” has come out. It is an analytical review which task is to monitor current trends and shifts in the Russian economy.

On 28-29 May 2015, Sergey Tsukhlo, head of the Business Surveys Laboratory, attended an All-Russia scientific and practical conference "Import substitution of equipment and technologies in strategically important sectors of Russian economy". He made a presentation "Russian industry in modern realia. Devaluation. Sanctions. Import substitution."

On 9 June RBC portal published an article by Sergey Tsukhlo, head of the Business Surveys Laboratory, where findings of the business surveys of Russian enterprises were given. The article stated that they were ready to purchase domestic equipment and raw materials instead of the imported one.

On 25-27 May, Olga Berezinskaya, researcher at the Financial Studies department, attended the annual conference "Russian Industry: import substitution, cost optimization and efficient procurements."

Gaidar Institute together with the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) prepared a review of the new version of the Budgetary Code.

On 2-3 June, Sergey Prikhodko, IEP Executive Director, represented Gaidar Institute at the OECD Forum 2015 "Investing in the Future: People, Planet, Prosperity".