Retail trade presented a most liberalized market segment since the beginningof 1990s in the Russian economy. Suddenly, the state was brought back in bymid-2000s. Th e Federal Law On Main Provisions for State Regulation of TradingActivity was adopted aft er continuous and furious debates. Where...

The list of participants approaching the starting line in the mass economic âheatsâ in Russia today is changing quite rapidly, at least outwardly. Many fresh participants are entering the fray, flying the flags of new economic structures. And when the pace of economic reform quickens, the old...

Almost with one voice the chronicles praise the customary hospitality of the Slavs, which is rare in other lands and even now commonplace in all Slavic lands: thus vestiges of ancient customs have been preserved for many centuries and the most distant descendants inherit the morals and manners...

The article presents the results of representative polls of students and teachers of all faculties at HSE. The polls were conducted by the student interest goup Gorod (City) as part of the annual monitoring of university life. The polls investigated the attitude of the respondents to new...

From the beginning of economic reform in 1992, the retail trade sector was one of the most liberalized market segments in the Russian economy. However, the state was suddenly brought back in during the late 2000s. A restrictive Federal trade law passed after continuous and furious debates in...