fiscal management reforms in Russia. It argues that explicit financing of structural reforms is fully justifiable because … these are the investments in the institutional infrastructure with a high rate of return. Furthermore, Russia currently …, can be put in the context of medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) that evolve in Russia. A general framework is …

As Russia continues to make rapid general progress in building modem market institutions, the complex spatial dimension … related to the question of what type of a national regional strategy, if any, might be useful for Russia. …