The results of the economic policy launched in 1992 are usually evaluated in polar terms: blind approval of the government's actions is countered by the most scathing criticism. Frequently, entirely in keeping with the inherited scientific tradition, real economic processes are little affected...

As we know, the division of money flows, referred to as flow I and flow II, respectively, became one of the main distinguishing features of the Soviet economy in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Flow I, which included the population's cash on hand and current savings-bank accounts, supported...

The present situation in Central Asia is most often viewed from a regional or post-Soviet perspective. At the same time, there is an urgent need to place analysis of the processes in play in this subregion, and above all their immediate and long-term consequences, into a broader framework based...