February saw a sharp deterioration of Russo-Ukrainian relations in the aftermath of the bloody conflict in Ukraine that led to President Viktor Yanukovych’s flight into Russia and to the Crimean parliament’s refusal to recognize the new Ukrainian authorities. Russia’s authorities have so...

Russian Abstract: "Стратегия…" является продолжением и дополнением работы "Институциональные ограничения современного экономического роста", впервые вышедшей в 2011...

Russian Abstract: Дополнительные материалы содержат ссылки по следующим темам: некоторые основные особенности партизанских войн прошлого и наших дней; исторические...

This publication is about the institutional barriers which reduce the social policy outcome in the Russian Federation. Many efforts of the executive power and legislators undermine the incentives of the physical persons to invest in the social sphere both in the financial form and in the form of...

In the frame of the present research we considered a hypothesis on the existence of a trend to a widespreading of standards and practices which expand the horizon of the regional authorities' discretion and possibilities for their discretionary regulation, due to the federal authorities'...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the course, determinants and political economy of economic reforms in Russia conducted in the period 1985-2003. The year 1985 can be considered an important turning point in Soviet/Russian history, marked as it was by the election of Mikhail Gorbachev to...

In December 2014, Russia's authorities faced a severe foreign exchange crisis, which forced them to increase the CBR key interest rate to 17% and to order a number of major state-owned companies, including Gazprom and Rosneft, that their foreign exchange reserves should be brought back to the...

In November 2014, Vladimir Putin declared that he had no intentions to become Russia's president-for-life. In spite of Putin's assurances, this public statement has inevitably sent an alarming signal to society. In November 2014, a court of justice seized the company Bashneft from Vladimir...

Russian Abstract: Представленные материалы дополняют главу "Проблемы реформы здравоохранения" в книге "Стратегия долгосрочного процветания: в поисках растаявшего...

Russian Abstract: Дополнительные материалы содержат ссылки, иллюстрации, дополнительные обзоры соответствующие разделам статьи. В частности, в разделе «Выставка...