Share of oil and gas in Russia’s tax revenue dropped to 21%, but the threatened devastation failed to materialize
We were being hammered with the message that Russia is nothing more “than a gas station masquerading as a country”. Russia’s economy was supposed to…
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The Hidden Story of Crimea’s Economic Success
Recently Crimea celebrated the 2nd anniversary of its reunification with Russia, marked on the day of the referendum that ended the Ukrainian occupation. Much has…
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Russian Economy – The disease is not Dutch but Liberal
There has lately again been a slew of articles in the Western business press denigrating Russia’s efforts to develop its industry condemning the drive for…
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Absurd Central Bank policies deepen Russia’s recession
The policy of the Russian Central Bank of maintaining the punitively high key lending rate is truly mind-boggling. First, they declared that they do it…
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent – Or, the topics that disappeared from the anti-Russian narrative
One of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s most famous philosophical aphorisms is “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent”. Now, this is a saying that accurately…
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