The author constructs forecasts of the state of Russia's public finances up to 2050 under alternative scenarios and clarifies the conditions for their stabilization.

The author considers how Russia might integrate itself into the world economy on its own terms by modernizing and diversifying its economy.

The author considers the economic and political problems of mobilizing investment for the technological renewal of fixed capital. He proposes the transfer of assets to new innovation-oriented owners.

The authors survey the types of cashless payments, explain their advantages and disadvantages, analyze the factors that promote and impede their use in Russia, and consider how monetary and credit policy and technical measures can facilitate the transition from cash to cashless payment.

The author argues that state ownership, support, and regulation are essential to modernization of the Russian economy based on innovation and advanced technology.

The author explains how the balance of payments reflects the dependence of the Russian economy on external factors and its consequent backwardness.

The authors discuss the potentially conflicting goals of the monetary and credit policy conducted by central banks in the postcrisis period.

The author surveys and assesses economic indicators and trends for the period January-May 2010. He concludes that although quantitative growth has resumed there are no signs of a reorientation of the economy toward neoindustrial modernization.

The author surveys and assesses economic indicators and trends for the period January-November 2009.

The author argues that the current wave of privatization will do nothing to stimulate investment or innovation, but is merely a way of raising money to cover federal and regional budget deficits. He considers various alternatives to privatization.