Category: Longreads
In-depth pieces on major economic trends and the hidden mechanics of markets. Analysts, researchers, and practitioners explain how the economy works — with facts, figures, and perspectives, not clichés.
LongreadsInsurance Searches for Growth Drivers
Russia's insurance market reached a record 4 trillion rubles in 2025, yet its share of GDP remains 3-5 times lower than in OECD countries.
Kirill Netkachev6 min read
LongreadsInfrastructure Time: PPP Market Seeks New Money and Launches Communications Project
AIIC has presented a memorandum on attracting non-budgetary investment in infrastructure and launched the Infrastructure Time project. How the high key rate affects concessions and what new financial instruments the market proposes.
Yulia Ignatova5 min read
LongreadsVladimir Putin Signs 2026 Budget. How Are European Economies Faring as Year-End Approaches?
Putin has signed the 2026 budget with public debt at 14% of GDP and social spending of 19 trillion rubles. A comparison with the budget crises in Germany, France, and the United States. Pension indexation, maternity capital, and support for special military operation participants.
Kirill Netkachev8 min read
LongreadsSocial Policy Takes Center Stage in the Economy
Highlights from the conference on Russia's socio-economic development on November 24, 2025: debates on the Central Bank's monetary policy, GDP growth slowing to 1%, regional development, and the role of major corporations under new conditions.
Yulia Ignatova6 min read
LongreadsPivot to the East: How Russia-Kyrgyzstan Cooperation Has Evolved Since 2022
An analysis of economic cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan: trade turnover growth to $3.55 billion, shift to national currency settlements (92%), investments through RKFR ($835 million), and competition with China ($5.5 billion) and Turkey in the region.
Kirill Netkachev8 min read