membership in the Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) advocated by Russia has plunged the country into chaos and led to the most serious … security crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. While much has been said about Russia's role in provoking the crisis … with Russia and other ECU states, while in the long-term perspective ECU membership could offer a less painful, albeit more …

of Ukraine into Russia should not be a cause for concern, if it happens. What is a cause of concern is if the Ukraine …

economy, which was the case with Russia until April 2002, since cost figures of surrogate countries are used to estimate …

This paper discusses the political economy behind the principal trade policy decisions in Russia since independence. I … turned to industrial policy for diversification. I discuss the possibly unique political economy of Russia in which political …

We construct a proxy for Russia's war-related output to evaluate the macroeconomic importance of war-related branches … for Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Our results suggest that warrelated branches contributed significantly to … Russia's economic recovery after the sharp decline of GDP in spring 2022. The largest contribution came from low …

Russia's war of aggression, which has brought wide destruction and loss to Ukraine, has also transformed the Russian …'s financial reserves and increasing domestic borrowing. While the point at which Russia loses its ability to wage war remains …