Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Vitaly Tsymbal Author-Name-First: Vitaly Author-Name-Last: Tsymbal Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: WHAT RUSSIA’S ECONOMY SHOULD EXPECT FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL LAW ON THE ADVANCED RESEARCH FOUNDATION? Abstract: The recently created Advanced Research Foundation (ARF), advertized by some Russian officials as a long-awaited instrument for innovation and development of the Russian economy, is hoped to transform Russia’s defense-industrial complex into the locomotive of innovation that will be capable of pulling forward all the other branches of the economy. However, some skeptics insist that such hopes are groundless. Classification-JEL: N4 Keywords: THE FEDERAL LAW Year: 2013 Issue: 5 Month: May Pages: 56-60 Journal:Russian Economic Developments File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/135Tsymbal.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:135