Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Natalia Zubarevich Author-Name-First:Natalia Author-Name-Last: Zubarevich Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The geography of crisis: economy, employment, income Abstract: Analysis of the regional data for the first 6–7 months of 2015 leads to the conclusion that the current crisis bears no resemblance to the two previous crises, in 1998 and 2008. Not only does the current crisis show slower decline rates, but it is also geographically diffused. The dynamics of the key socio-economic indicators shows problems building up in the manufacturing regions and the largest cities in Russia. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Crisis, Russian Economy Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2015 Issue: 11 Month: November Pages: 4-7 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/617Zubarevich.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:617