Russia in 2003 embarked on the restructuring of its electricity sector. The reform is intended to introduce competition …

facilitate their successful implementation. The paper thereafter looks specifically at Russia as a prominent example of a …

This paper provides an in depth analysis of Russia’s recent growth, with a view to understanding the prospects for its … macroeconomic environment conducive to strong growth. Looking forward, it is argued that - given its economic structure - Russia is …

This article investigates issues related to industrial restructuring in Russia. Based on extensive sectoral data it …

the role of the state – and of the Bank of Russia in particular – in the ownership of credit institutions, there is still …

In the decade following the 1998 financial crisis Russia’s banking system grew much larger and stronger – indeed … efficiency and resilience of the financial system and raise Russia’s potential growth rate. While the current crisis is painful …

The gas industry is perhaps Russia’s least reformed major sector. Prices are regulated, exports are monopolised and the …-Gazprom production and making gas supply in Russia more competitive, but this will require fundamental reform. The proposals for reform …

preserve their positive growth differential vis-à-vis the EU-28, Russia and Ukraine are facing a deterioration of their … years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the current crisis in relations between Russia and the West is evolving into a … year. In Russia, the costs of the conflict are estimated to be to the tune of about 1% of GDP, primarily on account of …

Belarus, Russia and Ukraine as well as in China. For each country, it provides a forecast relating to GDP growth, inflation … positive growth figures recorded by the global economy as a whole. Central and Eastern Europe, together with Russia, Ukraine … instability. Finally, despite high GDP growth, structural distortions still characterize both Russia and Ukraine, whose economies …