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Gini and his master: How Russia manipulates statistics to conceal record-high inequality

Gini and his master: How Russia manipulates statistics to conceal record-high inequality

The tale of Yermak: How Zelensky’s former right-hand man ended up under arrest on corruption charges

The tale of Yermak: How Zelensky’s former right-hand man ended up under arrest on corruption charges

Elizaveta Mironova

Taxes, costly credit, and labor shortages: Why private businesses in Russia are shutting down en masse

Taxes, costly credit, and labor shortages: Why private businesses in Russia are shutting down en masse

Anastasia Ulyanova

Strait to stagnation: Why not even soaring oil prices can offset the decline of the Russian economy

Strait to stagnation: Why not even soaring oil prices can offset the decline of the Russian economy

Hope at home: How migration contributes to the development of the countries of origin

Hope at home: How migration contributes to the development of the countries of origin

Alexander Finiarel

Farewell to the “May decrees”: Why Russia has abandoned salary targets for doctors and teachers

Farewell to the “May decrees”: Why Russia has abandoned salary targets for doctors and teachers

The virtual ruble: Why Russia’s digital currency experiment could strengthen the Kremlin’s authoritarian control

The virtual ruble: Why Russia’s digital currency experiment could strengthen the Kremlin’s authoritarian control

Ekaterina Mereminskaya

The rich get richer: Global inequality and the rise of extreme wealth have hit record highs

The rich get richer: Global inequality and the rise of extreme wealth have hit record highs

Andrey Smolyakov

The curse of the printing press: How dictators and populists seize control of central banks, and why it always ends badly

The curse of the printing press: How dictators and populists seize control of central banks, and why it always ends badly

Divergent trends: Why a growing economy can still leave many people poorer

Divergent trends: Why a growing economy can still leave many people poorer

Tatiana Rybakova

Russia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible depletion of sovereign reserves

Russia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible depletion of sovereign reserves

Live for today: Trump’s politicization of economic policy poses a threat to longer-term stability

Live for today: Trump’s politicization of economic policy poses a threat to longer-term stability

A quiet revolution: The world’s turn toward green energy is irreversible

A quiet revolution: The world’s turn toward green energy is irreversible

Tatiana Lanshina

Catch your fish and eat it too: Inside Kamchatka’s poaching empire

Catch your fish and eat it too: Inside Kamchatka’s poaching empire

Sergei Beshimov

On thinning ice: After almost four years of war, Russia’s central bankers are running out of tricks to keep the economy afloat

On thinning ice: After almost four years of war, Russia’s central bankers are running out of tricks to keep the economy afloat

Dressed for disaster: Russian fashion retail collapses despite losing Western competition

Dressed for disaster: Russian fashion retail collapses despite losing Western competition

Anastasia Ulyanova

Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine

Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine

“Midas” vs. Mindich: How Ukraine’s NABU executed the biggest anti-corruption operation in its history — and why the EU is getting involved

“Midas” vs. Mindich: How Ukraine’s NABU executed the biggest anti-corruption operation in its history — and why the EU is getting involved

Elizaveta Mironova

Frozen hopes: Europe’s reluctance to approve a loan program backed by Russian funds has left the Ukrainian budget on the brink of a crisis

Frozen hopes: Europe’s reluctance to approve a loan program backed by Russian funds has left the Ukrainian budget on the brink of a crisis

Elizaveta Mironova

The wheels are coming off: Russia’s rail freight collapse exposes a deeper industrial crisis

The wheels are coming off: Russia’s rail freight collapse exposes a deeper industrial crisis

The far-wrong: European populists are gaining support by moderating their economic agenda

The far-wrong: European populists are gaining support by moderating their economic agenda

Back to the 1990s: Russians are being forced to choose between overpriced foreign cars and locally assembled scrap metal

Back to the 1990s: Russians are being forced to choose between overpriced foreign cars and locally assembled scrap metal

Budget of mass destruction: VAT hike signals Russia’s course toward prolonged war and economic decline

Budget of mass destruction: VAT hike signals Russia’s course toward prolonged war and economic decline

Crisis-life balance: Russia’s struggling companies are shortening the workweek

Crisis-life balance: Russia’s struggling companies are shortening the workweek

Tatiana Rybakova

Bullets over bread: Russia’s economy is growing dangerously reliant on military contracts

Bullets over bread: Russia’s economy is growing dangerously reliant on military contracts

Tug of war profiteers: Russia’s military industry is decimating the country’s civilian workforce

Tug of war profiteers: Russia’s military industry is decimating the country’s civilian workforce

Russia goes retro: New car sales in the country continue to fall

Russia goes retro: New car sales in the country continue to fall

Vakhtang Partsvania

A final countdown: At the current rate, the Kremlin will exhaust its financial reserves within a year

A final countdown: At the current rate, the Kremlin will exhaust its financial reserves within a year

Robots and migrants: Research shows no evidence for the claim that immigration drags down local incomes or holds back innovation

Robots and migrants: Research shows no evidence for the claim that immigration drags down local incomes or holds back innovation

Alexander Finiarel

Tax and bomb: Russia tightens the squeeze on its citizens to keep financing the war in Ukraine

Tax and bomb: Russia tightens the squeeze on its citizens to keep financing the war in Ukraine

Tatiana Rybakova

In the soup: Despite record inflation, the cost of living in Moscow remains comparatively low

In the soup: Despite record inflation, the cost of living in Moscow remains comparatively low

Russia's tale of two cities: How war deepened regional divides

Russia's tale of two cities: How war deepened regional divides

Xi’s dilemma: Trump’s threatened tariffs would give China a choice between a Russian recession and a global one

Xi’s dilemma: Trump’s threatened tariffs would give China a choice between a Russian recession and a global one

Bargaining, acceptance, recession: Why it's getting harder to deny Russia's economic downturn

Bargaining, acceptance, recession: Why it's getting harder to deny Russia's economic downturn

Dying embers: Russia’s coal crisis triggers bankruptcies and mass layoffs

Dying embers: Russia’s coal crisis triggers bankruptcies and mass layoffs

Tatiana Rybakova

The hundred-ruble tuber: How potatoes became Russia's posh produce

The hundred-ruble tuber: How potatoes became Russia's posh produce

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