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Owning a business in Russia today is a hazardous affair: each year thousands of companies close after their owners are accused of ‘economic crimes’ and face either prison or protection payments to...
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One way Vladimir Putin has retained his popularity among Russians has been by increasing retirement pensions and other social benefits, and as a result the state pension fund is deep in the red. But as...
View ArticleAn investment wonderland? Reality checks
Since the collapse of the USSR investors have flocked to Russia, tempted by the high rates of return and the Alice in Wonderland atmosphere in Moscow, where everything seems possible. But the Russian...
View ArticleWhatever happened to Russia’s economic miracle?
The first eight years of the last decade were incredibly successful for Russia’s economy, but the crisis of 2008 hit hard and growth remains decidedly sluggish. Dmitry Travin wonders whether the...
View ArticleRussian economy: in a worse state than it seems?
Dmitry Travin introduces a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia The series of five articles we are offering to readers of open Democracy Russia deals with the Russian economy and its problems....
View ArticleRussia: an Oprichnik economy
Owning a business in Russia today is a hazardous affair: each year thousands of companies close after their owners are accused of ‘economic crimes’ and face either prison or protection payments to...
View ArticleRussian consumerism: market boom chaos
The collapse of the USSR replaced the perennial shortages of goods and services with the problem of low incomes and rising prices. Today management is grossly inefficient, but rampant corruption blocks...
View ArticleRussia’s pension impasse – is there a way out?
One way Vladimir Putin has retained his popularity among Russians has been by increasing retirement pensions and other social benefits, and as a result the state pension fund is deep in the red. But as...
View ArticleAn investment wonderland? Reality checks
Since the collapse of the USSR investors have flocked to Russia, tempted by the high rates of return and the Alice in Wonderland atmosphere in Moscow, where everything seems possible. But the Russian...
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