According to the data obtained during a series of business surveys conducted by Gaidar Institute, the situation with the Russian industrial sector in July 2013 can be evaluated through a few of contradictive components, namely continued demand weakening, mass usage of the price factor for sales...

In the course of monthly surveys which have been carried out by the Institute for Economic Policy since 1992, Russian industrial enterprises are asked to identify factors which curb output growth. Insufficient domestic demand has been a major problem for the industry since the period of the...

The paper is based on the data of surveys conducted among the managers of industrial enterprises. These surveys have been conducted by the IET according to the European harmonized methodology on a monthly basis since September 1992 and encompass the whole territory of the Russian Federation. The...