This article argues that a "modernization" strategy to guide Russia's socioeconomic development is preferable to other strategies, on both moral and material grounds.

Article focuses on fertility and reproductive behavior of the Moscow population. Current statistical fertility indicators in Moscow and in Russia as a whole are comprised. Male and female reproductive attitudes in Moscow are analyzed based on a sample survey. The article address issues of the...

Population ageing and growing deficit of Russian pension system place on the agenda an issue of increasing pension age. The article reviews international practices of regulating pension ages. Authors critically discuss the pros and cons of increasing pension ages in Russia from perspectives of...

The modern theory of cyclical fluctuations and its relevancy to actual processes in the global economy are discussed in the article. It points to the limited applicability of the theory to practical needs of households, businesses and governments. Possible directions of the theory evolution are...

The article analyzes the investment—saving balance in developed and developing countries and groups of countries. Main determinants of investment and saving decisions of different economic agents are derived from well-known theoretic papers. The analysis of pre-crisis investment—saving...

(Institutional Approach) The article considers the problem of corruption as impediment for country’s modernization. Using neoinstitutional approach, the authors offer the classification of corruption in the context of private and political markets for institutions, relevant social groups and...

Main factors and development of the global financial crisis-2008 are generally discussed in the paper. The downturn in one of the local sectors of the US economy has caused major threats to functioning global financial markets. Structural problems of the Russian financial sector ("illusion of...

The article studies the main problems of Russian oil and gas complex. The authors argue that global economic and financial crisis has already led not only to certain reduction in energy consumption, but to serious changes in the global energy sector. In the medium term we may expect globally...

The paper cosiders the strategy of Russian society, government, and economy modernization, aimed at transformation of the state into one of the world intellectual and cultural leaders. The reasons of past modernization attempts failures are shortly analyzed. General restrictions of any...