(the Case of Georgia) The article deals with the process of transformation of the post-Soviet space in the last two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Different models of economic development of former Soviet republics in the transition period are considered. Special attention is...

The Ukrainian economy (prior to the current crisis) achieved a limited recovery, but its prospects continue to be jeopardized by the split between the industrial east, the agrarian west, and the Kyiv region, by failure to modernize the crucial metallurgical sector, and by chronic political crisis.

The article discusses the main factors and development of the global financial crisis of 2008. The downturn in one of the local sectors of the U.S. economy has caused major threats to the functioning of global financial markets. Structural problems of the Russian financial sector ("an illusion...