Pension reform is a key policy challenge in Russia. This paper examines how pension spending could increase in Russia …

We test the extent to which growth in the 11 CIS countries (excluding Russia) was associated with developments in … Russia, overall, as well as through the trade, financial and remittance channels over the last decade or so. The results … point to the continued existence of economic links between the CIS countries and Russia, though these links may have altered …

Putting the pension system on a sustainable footing arguably remains the biggest challenge in Russia's economic … paper fills this gap by simulating their macroeconomic effects in a DSGE model calibrated to Russia's economy-the first of …