In a recent article in Slon Magazine, energy specialist and opposition politician Vladimir Milov mentioned several "forgotten reforms" — projects the authorities discussed and then dismissed 10-15 years ago, but that they ...

Even such exciting foreign policy news as Russia's intervention in the Syrian civil war does nothing to help the condition of this country's economy.

The popular U.S. publication The Daily Beast ran a major article in mid-September about RT, the Kremlin-sponsored television channel that broadcasts in foreign languages.

It is easy to conclude when reading economic news or commentary that the government's activities dominate the economic life of the country. That is far from true. The most important activity occurs ...

It would seem that the whole agenda of "import substitution," the current mantra of the Russian authorities, which is being pushed across industries and goods markets, has no political future.

In recent times, many have been drawing comparisons between Russia today and at the end of the Soviet Union in reference to a wide range of circumstances.

I once attended a meeting at a publishing house where non-fiction authors were present. They claimed that virtually any U.S. bestseller would achieve the same status in Russia — with the exception ...

It's too bad that schools don't devote the same number of classroom hours to economics as they do to physics, biology or even chemistry.

The world's attention is now riveted on Greece and the referendum it held on Sunday on whether to accept the terms of Greece's creditors for further loans.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais' 60th birthday did not exactly make headlines last week. There are two reasons for this.