Commentary
Grigoriy Mikryukov Department for Sectors of Economy
Car prices keep growing
Six months ago a new strategy was adopted for the development of the automotive industry through 2025. The previous sup-program "Automotive Industry" of the state program "Development of Industry and Its Competitive Growth" has failed. Grigoriy Mikrukov, Head of the Department for Sectors of the Economy of the Analytical Center, told a Rossiyskaya Gazeta correspondent about the reasons of failure and the perspectives of the new targets implementation.
Nikita Elizarov Department for Sectors of Economy
Domestic automakers need to create localized manufacturing capacities in developing nations
"It's fairly difficult to significantly expand exports of Russian cars to the other CIS countries," Nikita Elizarov, Adviser of the Department for Sectors of Economy of the Analytical Center, told a Rossiyskaya Gazeta correspondent. "This has to do both with constraints on demand and with the development, e.g. in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, of localized automotive production."
Alexander Kurdin Department for Fuel and Energy Sector
Regulation does not cancel free prices on the exchange
The government and oil companies have found a way to prevent fuel prices from rising until the end of this year, writes the Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Starting November 1 the Russian fuel market is to be managed in manual mode on a temporary basis. This means new obligations for producers and the freezing of prices at the filling stations for the consumers through the end of the year.
Ksenia Bannikova Department for Foreign Economic Activity
Russia moves up in the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness index
Ksenia Bannikova, head of the Department for Foreign Economic Activity of the Analytical Center gave an in-depth interview to a correspondent of the Gudok Magazine on Russia moving up in the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness index.
Tatiana Radchenko Deputy Head
Advantages of parallel import include lower prices and competition development
“Advantages of parallel import include lower prices and development of non-price competition,” said Tatiana Radchenko, Deputy Head of the Analytical Center, to Vedomosti journalist. However, in her opinion, there are risks of reducing incentives to invest in brand development, and growth of the shadow sector.
Vladimir Mesropyan Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
Over 90 billion rubles to be spent on Digital Economy projects in 2019
"In effect, all the tracks included in our program start in 2019. Only in 2019, over 90 billion rubles will be spent on implementation of the national program 'Digital Economy of the Russian Federation'," RIA Novosti was told by Head of the Project Management Office for the Digital Economy program implementation at the Analytical Center, Vladimir Mesropyan.
Vladimir Mesropyan Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
Analytical Center is ready to cooperate with Big Data Market Participants Association
Big Data Market Participants Association is a timely decision, believes Vladimir Mesropyan, Head of the Project office for the implementation of the national program of the Analytical center "Digital economy".
Pavel Tikhomirov Department for Corporate Reforms and Purchases
The Analytical Center suggests that the Ministry of Communications should purchase productivity software in a two-stage centralized process
The Ministry of Communications has run into problems with centralized procurement of domestically sourced software and specifically anti-viruses for federal executive bodies, according to a new article in the Kommersant, citing some market players as sources.
Vladimir Mesropyan Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
Russian companies will lose out to competition without digital innovation
If Russia is to remain competitive and not be left behind in the digital transformation, the country's companies need to change their strategies, they need to learn to use data and introduce cross-cutting technologies in a variety of industries; that's according to Vladimir Mesropyan, Head of the Analytical Center's Project Management Office for the Digital Economy program.
Daniil Nametkin Department for Expert Analytics