Commentary
Alexander Kurdin Department for Fuel and Energy Sector
LNG is prevalently sold under long-term contracts
Alexander Kurdin, an analyst at the Analytical Center, commented on the first long-term contract for the supply of liquefied gas under the Arctic LNG-2 project to Ekonomika Segodnya agency. The Russian company Novatek intends to maximally load its transshipment terminals in the Murmansk region and in Kamchatka. This decision is believed to create conditions for year-round use of the Northern Sea Route.
Elena Kovaleva Department for Competition Policy
Business Needs to Take Regular Measures to Improve Competitiveness
The Analytical Center has issued a new report on the development of competition in the country, which concludes that competition in Russia has increased for the first time in four years.
Tatiana Radchenko Deputy Head
Tablet Usage Will Reduce Census Taking Time Per Household
In 2018, the Analytical Center took a share in the pilot population census when, as is known, various technologies were tested, including the Internet Census possibilities, said the Analytical Center's Deputy Head Tatiana Radchenko in conversation with the Kommersant's correspondent.
Grigoriy Mikryukov Department for Sectors of Economy
Expert: Reduction of state support is unlikely to significantly impact the automotive market trends
"The Analytical Center predicted an increase in the car market sales in 2018 by 9-11 percent back in late 2017," Grigory Mikrukov, Head of the Department for Sectors of Economy of the Analytical Center, told the Rossiyskaya Gazeta. "The high growth rate of the automotive market at the beginning of the year was a result of the low base effect and deferred demand. The second half of last year saw sales of cars and light commercial vehicles go up on expectations of the increase in the VAT rate, the key interest rate of the Bank of Russia and variability in the exchange rate of the Russian ruble. All these factors conspired to prompt buyers who had originally planned to only buy new vehicles in 2019 to make their purchases earlier."
Mikhail Pryadilnikov Deputy Head
Expert: The risk-oriented approach is a breakthrough in state governance
Deputy Head of the Analytical Center Mikhail Pryadilnikov told the Vzglyad business magazine how efficiency of work in oversight and supervision is being improved. One successful example of the state setting clearly defined goals that he cited was the focus on reducing the administrative load on business, reducing risks for the population and improving the quality of administration.
Victoria Pavliushina Department for Research Studies
For the First Time the Households Spend More on Current Consumption than They Earn
The Analytical Center's estimates of inequality in household consumption suggest some rather remarkable changes both in the consumption pattern and consumption trends for various income groups. It should be noted that in 2018, according to the Federal Statistics Service, the Russian households, for the first time ever, spent more than they earned (100.7% of income), thus setting a new dubious record.
Grigoriy Mikryukov Department for Sectors of Economy
We can't expect any major breakthroughs in the automotive industry
"The Ministry of Economic Development forecasts rather modest GDP and household income growth, so we can't expect any major breakthroughs in the automotive industry," Business-gazeta.ru quotes Analytical Center expert Grigory Mikryukov as saying. "According to one estimate, over the next year the car market is going to grow by about 5 percent and in 2020 it will grow by 3 percent."
Vladimir Mesropyan Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
The development of the digital economy must take into account the interests of Russians
The work to develop a digital economy in Russia was taken to a new level after it was given the status of a strategic national project. Vladimir Mesropyan, the Head of the Project Management Office of the Analytical Center for the Implementation of the Digital Economy Program, told TASS in an interview about the state of play with the development of infrastructure digital technologies in Russia and the digital transformation of state companies. He also explained which issues in the regulation of data processes are the most difficult to sort out.
Ksenia Bannikova Department for Foreign Economic Activity
Machine Building Is a Material Export Item
"The machine building industry is a material export item where the motor transport has almost 37% and the railroad transport has 16%," Ksenia Bannikova, the head of the Department for Foreign Economic Activity of the Analytical Center, said.
Vladimir Mesropyan Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program