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6th issue of "Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and challenges of socio-economic development" has come out. This is an analytical review which aims at monitoring currents trends and shifts in the Russian economy.

On 30 March – 5 April, Maria Kazakova and Andrey Zubarev, researchers of the International Fiscal Sustainability Department, as well as Andrey Polbin, senior researcher of the Center for Macroeconomics and Finance, attended seminars on the development of the simulation model of general economic equilibrium taking account environmental deterioration which were held in Boston (USA).

Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy took 25th place in the rating 'Top 25% Think Tanks' in economic policy which is presented by RePEc and kept the status of the best Russian think tank.
Compared with last year, Gaidar Institute went 4 steps up in the rating.

On 6 April, Forbes.ru published an article by Ivan Lubimov "The Fruits of Enlightenment: will culture secure against poverty" which analyses cultural variables as key factors complementing institutions and affecting economic growth rates.

Journal "Banki and Delovoy Mir" (April 2015) published a commentary by Mikhail Khromov, director of Center for Structural Research, where the author assesses consistency monetary policy conducted by the CB of Russia for the last year.

On 3 April, the RBC portal published an article by Andrei Polbin "Why there is so little investment in Russia: is crisis the reason?" The author analyses causes for investment contraction in the Russian economy.

On 31 March, Sergey Drobyshevsky, Scientific Director, gave an interview to Radio Russia in the program "Expert opinion" and discussed prospects for economic recovery for Russia.

On 30 March, Sergey Tsukhlo, head of Business Survey Laboratory, participated in the program "Levchenko. FAQ" at RBC-TV where issues of Russian economy stabilization were discussed.

On 29 March, Sergey Tsukhlo, head of Business Survey Laboratory, gave an interview to ORT TV in light of introduction of amendments in the RF 2015 budget.

On 26 March, RBC daily published an article by Sergey Tsukhlo "Strong ruble, low taxes: what industrialists want from the state". In the article, the author assesses anti-recessionary measures taken by the government and real sector's expectations.

5th issue of "Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and challenges of socio-economic development" has come out. This is an analytical review which aims at monitoring currents trends and shifts in the Russian economy.

On 25 March, RBC published an article by Alexander Knobel, head of Foreign Trade Department, "Wagon before the horse: can Eurasian Economic Union become a currency union?" The author analyses viability of currency union on the EAEU.

On 23 March, web portal RBC published an article by Anna Kiyutsevskaya, Gaidar Institute researcher, titled "How 2015 crisis threatens the Russian banks: five major risks". In the article, the author compares the current state of the banking sector with the state on the verge of the 2008 crisis.

On 23 March, daily 'Vedomosti' published an article by Ivan Lubimov, Gaidar Institute senior researcher, entitled: "In search of the 'fifth column'". In the article, the author quests for an answer to the question why authoritarian regimes are incapable of ensuring fast economic growth.

On 19 March, Mikhail Khromov, the Director of the Center for structural studies, gave an interview to the channel RBC-TV in the program "Today. The Key Point", in which he discussed the future of the savings pension

On 19 March, web portal «Meduza» published an interview with Irina Starodubrovskaya, the Director of the Center for Political economy and regional development, and Konstantin Kazenin, senior researcher of the center, in which they give a political line-up in the North Caucasus.