Commentary / World Jan 30, 2017
How dangerous is Putin?
by Robert Harvey
Sooner rather than later, Russian President Vladimir Putin's economic incompetence will catch up with him.
Commentary / World Dec 14, 2015
Putin's newfound prudence
by Anders Aslund
Russia's economic stagnation confronts President Vladimir Putin with a challenge he has never faced: leading the country at a time when there is no light visible at the end of the tunnel.
Commentary / World Oct 27, 2015
Serious challenges hamper ambitious Russia
by Cesar Chelala
Russia has daunting domestic problems that must be effectively addressed if the country aims to develop at the rate that its considerable resources allow.
Commentary / World Aug 21, 2015
Russia needs a strategy, not another fake plan
by Andrey Borodaevskiy
It is advisable for each country to have a sound and realistic economic and social development strategy. At this moment in history, Russia is going through more than one crisis, some of them imposed by the global economic situation and some obviously self-made. So, ...
Commentary / World Jun 22, 2015
Vladimir Putin in his bubble
by Leonid Bershidsky
Given Russia's economic performance, much of Vladimir Putin's speech at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum was first-class stand-up comedy.
Commentary / World Apr 23, 2015
Russia's economy steps back from the brink
by Leonid Bershidsky
Russia's economic performance is leading some forecasters to be a bit more optimistic about the depth of its recession.
Commentary / World Apr 2, 2015
Too few workers in Russia and too many poor people
by Andrey Borodaevskiy
Independent of the current economic crisis, Russia's labor market has entered a deep, prolonged decline in its economically active population.
Commentary / World Mar 24, 2015
Russia treading water in sea of red ink
by William E. Pomeranz
Russia's troubled domestic front is now catching up to President Vladimir Putin and limiting his regional and global aspirations.
Commentary / World Dec 8, 2014
Putin struggles with oil prices and sanctions
by Leonid Bershidsky
Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't appear to have any kind of short-term or medium-term plan for Russia's economy that's compatible with the dual impacts of falling oil prices and sanctions.
Commentary / World Feb 25, 2014
Olympic fanfare can't hide Russia's ills
by Jan Winiecki
Behind the swagger after the Winter Olympics lie serious doubts about Russia's future. Long-term price trends for the mineral resources upon which the economy depends, together with Russia's history, suggest that President Vladimir Putin's luck may well be about to run out.
Commentary / World Nov 18, 2013
Politics explain Russia's stagnation
by Sergei Guriev
For Russia's political elite, a big piece of a shrinking economic pie is preferable to no piece of a growing one.
Commentary Nov 15, 2013
Artist mutilates self as Putin paralyzes Russia
by Leonid Bershidsky
The apathy and fatalism Pyotr Pavlensky so dramatically depicted is clear in the Russian economic ministry's long-term economic development forecast.