Economics

A clear-eyed assessment of the Russian economy under the weight of war and sanctions: the pressures building beneath the surface, the cost borne by ordinary people, and the ways the system adapts—and what it all means for Russia's future and for markets far beyond its borders

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Economics

does the drop in oil prices threaten Putin’s regime?

A Scenario Matrix for Russia Under Various Energy Market Assumptions

Article by Free Russia Foundation Mar 14, 2020
Economics

Russia vs Oil

Failed OPEC Talks and the Oil Price Drop of March 2020

Article by Elena Vasilyeva Mar 11, 2020
Economics

Keynote Speech by Richard Hoogland “A Brief History of the Dutch Business in Russia”

From Peter the Great’s Shipbuilding to Nord Stream-2 and Sakhalin

Article by Richard Hoogland Dec 19, 2019
Economics

The Kremlin’s games surrounding sea lines of communications have becoming increasingly more dangerous

The Captured Ukrainian Sailors and the Law of the Sea Tribunal Ruling

Article by Alexander Morozov Jun 27, 2019
Economics

Monaco’s Minister of Justice implicated by Kremlin’s oligarch

Dmitry Rybolovlev and the Erosion of Legal Institutions in Monaco

Article by Ilya Zaslavskiy Jun 11, 2019
Economics

The Case of Baring Vostok: foreign investment is not safe in Putin’s Russia

The February 2019 arrests at the largest private equity firm investing in Russia

Article by Vladimir Milov Feb 17, 2019
Economics

A piggy bank of $6 trillion for Putin’s cronies to “salt the stash away”

Vladimir Milov on the Record Surplus in the 2019–2021 Draft Budget

Article by Vladimir Milov Oct 22, 2018
Economics

Constitution and Economy after Putin. A Roadmap for a new Russia

Answering the Myth That There Is “No Life” After Putin

Report Sep 3, 2018
Civil Society

Russian pension reform: a “black swan” for Vladimir Putin?

Raising the retirement age as a breach of the informal social contract

Article by Vladimir Milov Jul 25, 2018
Economics

Canadian Business in Crimea: Turning a Blind Eye to Sanctions and Human Rights

Colliers International’s State Contracts in Russia and Crimea

Article by Mikhail Maglov May 31, 2018

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