Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kirill Rogov Author-Name-First: Kirill Author-Name-Last: Rogov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russia’s Economy in January 2013: Preliminary Results and Major Trends Abstract: The beginning of 2013 was marked by yet another outburst of opposition-led protest activity in Moscow, this time unexpectedly strong: according to different sources, between 20 and 50 thousand people took part in the March Against Scoundrels, which was aimed against the ‘Anti-Magnitsky Law’ adopted by the State Duma at the end of December 2012. Meanwhile, Parliament resumed business after the New Year recess, and once again began to churn out legally ambiguous, conservative and thoroughly repressive legislative acts. Keywords: Russian Economy, January 2013 Year: 2013 Issue: 2 Month: February Pages: 2-5 Journal:Russian Economic Developments File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/66Rogov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:66