For two decades Russia has been loosing its way. Where is Russia today in comparison with developed countries of the world? In what ways our country is lagging behind and how deep is this backwardness? What system flaws should be eliminated in order to change the situation for the better? more
Today in order to assess global interest to agriculture organizers of the third international conference “Where the Margin Is” decided to refer to numbers. This year the most significant agricultural conference in Russia attracted 4 million hectares of arable land of participants, and also 10 interested investment companies and funds. What did cause so much interest? And what do we don’t know about the economy of agriculture? more
The authorities of the capital announced a competition for development of the concept “Big Moscow” for the next 30-50 years. It is about building the area of more than 150 thousand hectares, which officially will be joined to the city starting from July 1 of 2012. Will Russia benefit from the growth of its capital? more
In 2011 publishing house of European University issued a book written by Vadim Volkov «Force business: economic and social analysis». This book can be called a bible of gangster capitalism in Russia. What sides of force entrepreneurship does it reveal? What is the evolution of a gangster business in Russia? more
In annual Corruption perception index of “Transparency International” for 2011 Russia occupies 143 place out of 182 possible ones. The progress here consists in that Russia moving from 154 position still remains surrounded by Nigeria, Timor-Leste, Mauritania, Uganda, Azerbaijan and Belorussia. So one question arises – with what is connected its move up? more
«We hope that Russia’s membership in WTO will lead to simplification of the system of participation in tenders: the more open we are, the better for Russian and Spanish companies», – says Executive Vice-President of Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) Fernando Salazar. How does Spanish experience differ from the Russian?more
There are some unfortunate incidents on a thorny way of introduction of high technologies into Russian schools. On the first of September 2011 Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly found that in Russia there are schools with Internet, but without toilets. So what is more important for good education? Or is the choice here so inevitable?more
Russia one more time is in need of reforming the health care system, and especially Russia is in need of introducing compulsory health insurance. There is a question on the agenda: how to remove domestic medicine from the government subsidies? And is the transit from guaranteed to every person medical services to qualitative medical service possible? more
What innovations does the Doctrine of food security of the Russian Federation introduce into agricultural policy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this document? Does it stimulate new forms of emulative bureaucratic accountability and does it enhance administrative monitoring of the food market?more
This year in spring the intention of President Dmitriy Medvedev to create the institute of investment assignees became known. It is one of the main points of improvement of investment climate. Who will become investor’s human rights defender under President Dmitriy Medvedev? Which functions will they perform? And could they disperse the bureaucratic clouds with their hands?more
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