Commentary
Leonid Grigoryev Chief Adviser to Head of the Analytical Center
Stability of oil prices keeps new global economic crisis at bay
Ten years ago, the world was hit hard with a global economic crisis. Back then, Russia managed to weather it out with relatively little pain. Now, a lot of experts are saying we may in fact be witnessing the beginning of a new economic crisis. What sort of crisis will it be and will Russia survive it this time? Leonid Grigoriev, Chief Adviser to Head of the Analytical Center, answered the questions on the Right to Vote show on TV Center.
Vladislav Onishchenko
There Can Be No Communications Infrastructure in the Far East without State Financing
A sparse population and remote locations are the main obstacles to the development of infrastructure in the Far East and that includes communications infrastructure. "At the moment, it's primarily small towns that still don't have communications in the region," Gazeta.Ru quotes Vladislav Onischenko, Head of the Analytical Center, as saying at the Far Eastern Economic Forum. "Business won't be able to deploy communications there on its own without state financing."
Elena Kovaleva Department for Competition Policy
There are Alternative Approaches to Interactions Between Companies and Public Authorities
The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has suggested simplifying the registration of Russian companies. The draft bill allows a legal entity to use the address of a postal office as its registration address during registration, the Kommersant writes.
Dmitry Chernenok Department for State-Run Programs and Budgeting
Passengers are increasingly choosing land travel
Analytical Center expert Dmitri Chernenok told a Control Panel Magazine journalist about the effect that the construction of high speed rail lines is going to have on the country's economy.
Irina Pominova Department for Fuel and Energy Sector
As the global climate continues to deteriorate, more and more pressure will be put on countries with a large-scale coal-fired generation capacity
Environmental protection organizations expect that closing of coal-fired generation capacity should exceed the new coal fired generation capacity going into operation by 2022, thus marking the start of a global decline. For the time being, it is only countries that have very little or no coal fired power generation at all that have publicly announced that they will soon drastically cut the use of coal in power generation or drop coal completely. Countries dependent on coal need very serious economic or climate-change -related reasons to start phasing out coal, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Vladimir Mesropyan Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
A law on online notary services is to be passed in 2019
Notary services are to be expanded through digital economy, allowing Russians to remotely get a number of notary services, TASS reports. A special federal bill has already been approved by the experts of the work group on the standards and regulations of the digital economy of the Russian Federation program.
Aleksey Safronov Department for State-Run Programs and Budgeting
Before regulating carpooling, drivers should be offered a choice
A draft law regulating carpooling is widely discussed. If it is adopted in its current form, drivers can be imposed fines for the service payments in cash, they will be obliged to meet numerous requirements, equip their vehicles with special devices, etc. Journalists of the Govorit Moskva (Moscow Speaking) radio station asked the Analytical Center expert, Alexey Safronov, what in this case would be the difference between the service and taxis, and how to solve the arising problems.
Vladislav Onishchenko
The plan for the development of transport infrastructure will include projects with the biggest socio-economic effect
The Analytical Center has developed a procedure for selecting projects for the comprehensive development plan for the country's transport infrastructure outlined in a May Presidential Decree, writes Kommersant. As per the presidential decree the plan must be approved by October 1. It calls for the development by 2024 of transport corridors to connect the west and east of the country as well as the north and south as well as to improve the "economic relatedness" of the country's territory.
Daniil Nametkin Department for Expert Analytics
Anticipation of New Sanctions Adds Up to Global Trend
A ban on U.S. investors buying the Russian sovereign debt will reduce demand for the government bonds and lead to a long-term growth in the cost of ruble borrowing for the state, as reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta with reference to the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) study.
Elena Razumova Department for Expert Analytics