Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has accelerated global dynamics that profoundly impact the post-Soviet South. Relations with Russia are still strong, but the former subalterns are raising their voices. The empowerment is most visible in their foreign relations, but also tends to strengthen...

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Iron Wall as well as the emergence of Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Romania as major actors on international grain markets since 2000 had increased the hope for a more stable international grain market. However, various short-run trade policy...

The purpose of this study is to create a representative socio-economic profile of entrepreneurs operating in the former Soviet Union (FSU) states as a pillar of the new middle-class stratum. This study explored middle-class entrepreneurship from multiple perspectives, encompassing statistical...

There are 15 independent countries that emerged (re-emerged) from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics since its collapse in 1991. The process of independence of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries was followed by massive economic, political, and institutional reforms that, in most cases,...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and export on the economic growth of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and, based on the research results, provide some policy implications for the government of...

This research delves into the impact of World Trade Organization (WTO) membership on trade dynamics in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, focusing on the potential augmentation or diversion of trade resulting from CIS countries' WTO accession. The study context is grounded in...

The post-communist transition in the former Soviet Union (FSU) cannot be considered entirely successful, especially in the political and institutional spheres. Nevertheless, in the economic sphere, the transition process succeeded in rebuilding the foundations of market economies based on...

This paper studies the long-term consequences of communism on present-day freedom of expression values in two settings - East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of German separation and later reunification, we show that...

This study investigates the impact of privatization on the relationship between gross capital accumulation, employment, labor resources, government spending, and gross domestic product (GDP) in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Employing econometric analysis and cointegration...

International financial reporting standards (IFRS) have become a worldwide common accounting language which most countries have adopted. However, there are no studies obtained based on transition economies in a particular geographic zone. Thus, this study is carried out to observe the influence...

The study assesses women’s empowerment based on literature review including the references on respective countries and included 11 countries from post-soviet neighbourhood that reflect comparable country statistics and female labor occupation and women’s empowerment, documents on laws and...

This paper discusses the dynamics of foreign trade in the post-Soviet space within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) during the period from 2015 to 2021. Additionally, the paper analyzes export indicators in foreign and mutual trade of the EAEU member countries and diversification of the...

This study examines the spill over effects of geopolitical risks (GPR) and extreme shocks on Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) economies, as result of the Russia – Ukraine war, with particular focus on financial institutions. Further, we investigate whether the performance of CIS banks...

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, or more broadly the former republics of the USSR, actually make a choice between European (EU) and Eurasian integration (EAEU), which leads to certain benefits and risks for all CIS+ countries (including Ukraine and Georgia), especially for...

The purpose of this review is to give an insight into the development of space activities in the CIS countries and cooperation between them in this sphere, particularly:• to review the current status of the space industry (governmental agencies, space programmes, ongoing projects, and...

Employing an intercountry trade force (ITF) theory, this paper investigates bilate­ral trade between South Korea and 28 economies of Central Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) based on balanced panel data for the period from 2011 to 2019. Free trade space...

Eurasian Development Bank (Centre for Integration Studies) and the World Bank (MiRPAL) prepared the report titled "Pension Mobility within the Eurasian Economic Union and the CIS". In it the experts of the two banks evaluate the prospects of implementing effective mechanisms in the region to...

The Russian Arctic is at the epicentre of economic, environmental, and social changes. At the same time, the peripheral character of the territory, its strong orientation on primary sector makes the region extremely volatile to suchlike shifts. The study concerns primary sector transformation in...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into integration processes in the CIS telecommunications sector, the prospects for telecom companies as potential targets for investment, the region’s transit potential, and integration of CIS countries into the regional and global information...

An effective electric-power industry is one of the most important infrastructural bases for economic growth. In turn, developed mechanisms for transborder trade and investments can considerably increase the total effectiveness and reliability of the electric-power industry. Work on the...

Sectoral economic cooperation and integration are powerful tools that can enhance the competitiveness of farm produce. Mutual investment would support production, whereas integration initiatives (establishing the Grain pool and the Customs Union and joining the WTO in a coordinated manner) would...

It took just a few decades for water resources to be classified as a resource whose deficiency poses a serious barrier to sustainable development in many parts of the world, despite being previously seen as being inexhaustible. The depletion of the water resource potential of river systems and...

The war in Ukraine and the direct and indirect political, economic and financial involvement of many countries worldwide in this conflict demonstrates the difficult process of developing the new world order. Over 10,000 sanctions have already been imposed on Russia by the United States, the...

Exploring the relationship between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows is the main objective of this paper. Although IFRS is identified as a determinant of FDI, a few studies have examined the impact of IFRS on FDI inflows, and it is...

EU-Russia relations within the context of the post-Soviet space have been one of the most investigated research topics in the field of international relations. With the return of great power politics, this region has been one of the centres of attention for researchers of geopolitics. However,...

Delays at the border for customs clearance are seemingly a central feature of the trade regime in the CIS states. Here, we argue that with queuing costs being endogenously determined in such circumstances tariff liberalization (even in the small economy case) can be welfare worsening since...

During the past five years, there has been an important debate over the differing styles of market reforms in the formerly planned economies in East Asia versus Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (EEFSU). This paper puts forward three related propositions. First, the rapid growth of East...

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. Using cross-country and Russian household survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this...