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Mikhail Khromov, Director of the Center for Structural Research, gave an interview to Swiss finance TV Ducascopy. Main theme of the interview was: monetary policy of the CB and the prospects of ruble strengthening.

On 21 April, Anna Zolotareva, Director of the Center for Legal Studies, attended a round table discussion held by Financial Research Institute where they discussion a draft version of the Budget Code.

7^th 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 22 April, Mikhail Khromov, Director of the Center for Structural Research, briefed on the future of the pension system at the program 'Today. Highlights" on RBC-TV.

On 17 April 2015, Gaidar Readings "Prospects for Islamic Banking Development on the Post-Soviet Area" were held in the city of Baku (Azerbaijan).

On 14 April, Sergey Sinelnikov, Academic Director of the Gaidar Institute, addressed an extended meeting of collegium of the Ministry of Finance.

On 16 April, Natalia Kornienko, head of the Tax System Development Department, moderated session "Pressing Tax Changes in 2015" which was held at the 6th conference "Corporate Tax Planning".

On 15 April, the Gaidar Institute hosted a regular meeting of the Discussion club "Academia".

On 14 April, Natalia Kornienko, head of the Tax System Development Department, participated in the meeting of the Committee on entrepreneurship in the sphere of economy and real estate of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

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.