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Author-Name:Sergey Zhavoronkov
Author-Name-First:Sergey 
Author-Name-Last: Zhavoronkov
Author-Workplace-Name:  Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Title:  MAIN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVENTS OF JANUARY 2016
Abstract:  Against the backdrop of dramatically fluctuating oil prices, the main news of
January were the plans declared by the Russian government, in particular the
budget expenditure cut by 10%, the possibility of privatization of certain big
state-owned entities, and the renewal of external borrowing. Russian Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in his speech at the Gaidar Forum, confi rmed the
government course towards a ‘Western type economy’, which he estimated to
be already in existence in Russia, and its refusal ‘to return to the past’.
Classification-JEL:  K0,  K1,  K4,  D73,  D74 
Keywords:   THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RESULTS, Russian Economy
Journal: Russian Economic Developments
Year: 2016 
Issue: 2
Month: February
Pages: 2-5
File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/680Zhavoronkov.pdf
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