This paper provides an assessment of Russia’s long-term growth prospects. In particular, it addresses the question of … Russia’s fast economic expansion in recent years has benefited from a number of singular factors such as the unprecedented … rise in oil prices, the paper presents new evidence on Russia’s oil price dependency using a Vector Error Correction Model …

(FSU). The paper focuses on the following issues: aims and motives of monetization reforms in Russia; expected outcomes of … planned Ukrainian monetization reform. The paper is based on extensive research on the monetization reform in Russia and …