The X-Files: How the Russian state is creeping underground

Ivan Tkachev on how the Russian authorities are gradually withdrawing citizens’ access to information

Key economic themes of 2020

Ivan Tkachev on the economy which survived 2020 better than was expected in the spring

Covid’s second wave: Can Russia’s economy cope?

Ivan Tkachev on why the authorities changed their strategy for fighting COVID-19

Nord Stream 2 and more sanctions: the endgame begins

Ivan Tkachev looks at whether sanctions could bring the Nord Stream-2 story to an end

The Covid storm clouds are gathering over Russia’s economy

Ivan Tkachev looks into where the Russian economy is most vulnerable to the fallout from Covid-19

Russia’s fiscal wellbeing is suddenly melting away

Ivan Tkachev on how long Russia’s budget reserves will last in the current oil price environment

Russia can weather the oil price storm

Ivan Tkachev writes that Russia’s economy can survive the collapse in oil and gas prices — but at what long-term cost?

Covert Operation “Sberbank”

Ivan Tkachev on why Russia’s largest bank is being handed over to the government

Ten things the Rotenberg case tells us about sanctions

Ivan Tkachev on Boris Rotenberg losing a discrimination lawsuit against European banks and what it means for other Russian oligarchs

Sanctions: the 2020 agenda

Ivan Tkachev on sanctions from 2020 onwards

In defence of sanctions neutrality

Ivan Tkachev on when it is justified to talk about sanctions evasion and when it’s not

Russia’s new budget: are there any development incentives?

Ivan Tkachev on the 2020-2022 draft budget

A Quiet Revolution in the Analysis of Foreign Investments

Ivan Tkachev on how a new way of looking at Russia’s FDI offers clues of how intertwined Russian economy still is with the West