In the past few years, the volumes of Russia's aid to foreign states remained high. Also, substantial growth was observed in the share of the bilateral development aid (when the aid is channeled directly to the recipient) as compared to the multilateral aid (when it is provided through...

The evaluation of the Industry Adaptability (‘Normality') Index for Q3 2017 shows that the Index continued to grow, hitting a new historical all-time high. Seventy nine percent of Russian enterprises said they were adapted to the current stage of economic development and considered their...

Industrial development case studies show that Russian regions have indeed failed, except in extremely rare cases, to strengthen their competitive power on account of well-developed economic policies. None of the regions under review was geared up for the crisis of 2014, each facing either...

The final evaluation of the Russian Industry Adaptability Index for Q1 2017 has confirmed the conclusion that enterprises have been exhibiting a persistently high degree of adaptation to the economic environment. The Index remains at a record high of 75% (in 1994–2017)

The nervous sentiments in the global oil market have been out of sync with an overall positive global economy on the back of positive news from the United States, Europe and even from Japan, which is not quite the case with oil-dependent economies facing feverish mood swings