Commentary
Leonid Grigoryev Chief Adviser to Head of the Analytical Center
Russia Knows How to Store and Process Nuclear Wastes
What is the link between politics, environment and nuclear power? What are the prospects of energy security in Europe and what role is Russia to play in it? Those were the questions that the host of Russia 24's International Review program put to the Chief Adviser to the Head of the Analytical Center Leonid Grigoriev.
Beglyar Novruzov Department for Transport Economics and Development
National Dredging Company May Be Established by the End of 2019
A national dredging company may launched in Russia before the end of 2019; the budgetary efficiency for the government from the establishment and operation of the company may amount up to RUB 25 billion, an expert of the Analytical Center Beglyar Novruzov told in his interview to RIA Novosti.
Sergey Dyagilev Department for Transport Economics and Development
The transport infrastructure quality index should ensure precision and accuracy in assessments of comprehensive transport infrastructure development projects
The comprehensive plan for the modernization and expansion of transport infrastructure in 2018-2024 adopted to implement the president's May decree is now being widely referred to as the thirteenth national project. More than RUB 6.35 trillion is to be allocated towards its implementation, a fourth of all the resources to be used for the implementation of the May decree. The new transport infrastructure quality index should help assess the effectiveness of these huge investments.
Tatiana Radchenko Deputy Head
A New Tariff on Purchases in Foreign Online Stores Will Cost Russian Consumers between RUB 69.6 and 121.4 Billion per Year
The Analytical Center has assessed the initiative of the Association of Internet Retail Companies to introduce a single tariff on all purchases in foreign online stores. Deputy Head of the Analytical Center Tatiana Radchenko shared the conclusions drawn by the experts with an Izvestia correspondent.
Sergey Leschenko Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
Over the next 5 years soft and hybrid skills will play a deciding role
"Supporting talent and personalising education are the main goals and drivers that are supposed to supply the new digital economy with skilled labor," noted Sergey Leschenko, deputy head of the Analytical Center's project office for implementation of the digital economy national program as he commented in an interview for ComNews on the government resolution on the rules for the provision of grants in the form of subsidies from the federal treasury to non-profit organizations.
Leonid Grigoryev Chief Adviser to Head of the Analytical Center
Grigoriev: Developed countries face a global crisis of relative inequality
"We are dealing with a threat to a number of developed countries—when the rich are getting richer, and the mass middle class have not experienced real improvement in its position for the past 10 years. This is not absolute poverty, but a global crisis of relative inequality," said Leonid Grigoriev, Chief Advisor to the Head of the Analytical Center, live on RBC TV.
Sergey Leschenko Project Management Office for Implementing the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation Program
Russia Has a Lot of Potential in Digital Economy Leadership
Russia has a lot of potential for leading the world in digital economy, said Sergey Leschenko, Deputy Head of the project management office for the Digital Economy of Russia Program at the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, telling RBC journalists about the state strategy in this field and assessing the criteria used to compile various national digital development rankings.
Alexander Amiragyan Department for Fuel and Energy Sector
Development of LNG Industry is a Long Term Goal for Russia's Natural Gas Sector
Further development of the LNG industry is one of the long term goals for Russia's natural gas industry, Alexander Amiragyan, Deputy Head of the Department for Fuel, Energy and Housing Utilities of the Analytical Center, in an interview for the Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Vladislav Onishchenko
Rules of the Arctic business game should not change for at least 20 years
The Russian Arctic is well-known for its natural resources, however, the long term of project implementation, huge financial costs, harsh climatic conditions, and logistics difficulties hamper the development of these resources. What should be done for attracting investments in the Arctic, why no sharp increase in transit along the Northern sea route is expected in coming years, and why the plan for the region development is needed to be done by 2035, these points were explained by the Head of the Analytical Center Vladislav Onishchenko during the International Arctic forum in an interview to the Prime Agency.
Mikhail Pryadilnikov Deputy Head