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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow Britain’s Covid support for big business entrenched inequality
We researched exec pay, shareholder dividends and wage gaps in firms that received public cash. Here’s what we found
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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan joins the Customs Union, and business finds itself in stand-by mode
For this state of small traders, entry into the Customs Union will bring both headaches and opportunities.
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Published in: oDRThe elephant in the room at Riga
Russia was everywhere and nowhere at the recent Eastern Partnership summit in Riga.
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Published in: oDRBook review: Bill Browder, 'Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s No. 1 Enemy'
What they don't teach you at business school: how to go from being the grandson of the leader of the Communist Party...
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Published in: oDRRequiem for EuroMaidan
As Ukraine turns into an oligarch republic, civil society has few chances left to make itself the true victor of EuroMaidan.
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Published in: oDRSanctions and regime survival
The sanctions knife cuts both ways – rallying around the flag, and regime change.
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s European integration
If the EU is serious about helping Ukraine, both parties should focus on the country’s most glaring problem, and the...
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Published in: oDRMoldova's ambiguous European integration
The EU may like to think of Moldova as its ‘star pupil’, but its unconditional support for successive corrupt...
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Published in: oDRVying for influence in Ukraine
Oligarchs and Western experts are lining up to shape the future of Ukraine. But they're not all on the same side.
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Published in: oDRSix steps to return Russia to economic growth
The Russian economy is under pressure: it’s time for an alternative.
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Published in: oDRWhat has gone wrong with reform in Ukraine?
What has gone wrong with reform in Ukraine? There will be no IMF bailout without economic, political and social...
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Published in: oDRRe-drawing the map of migration patterns
The Ukrainian crisis has triggered a redirection of migration patterns in the post-Soviet space, affecting both host...
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Published in: oDREconomic dystopia in Kyrgyzstan
Hailed as a success story for liberal market reforms, Kyrgyzstan in fact provides an example of how the rentier...
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Published in: oDRClimate policy according to Gazprom
As Russian dreams of becoming a ‘great ecological power’ fade, Gazprom, it seems, has been driving climate policy all along.
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Published in: oDRBiting into Apple's Russian earnings
The market for iPhones in Russia is not looking as healthy as it was before the economy and the rouble took a nosedive.
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Published in: oDRThe art of smuggling in Belarus
In Belarus, smuggling is a fine art, and, unlike stealing, morally acceptable. на русском языке
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Published in: oDRArmenia's unhappy New Year
Armenia is now a member of the Eurasian Economic Union. But with the economy in trouble, does membership have any benefits?
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Published in: oDRDiscounting the future of climate change in Russia
Like it or not, global warming will affect Russia, and ignoring it only stores up problems for later.
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Published in: oDRThe buckwheat crisis in Russia
Buckwheat prices in Russian shops are soaring without any apparent reason. Russians are stocking up on this...
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Published in: oDRPutin stays
The Kremlin has adopted a deliberate strategy – to let the rouble continue falling as the 'lesser of two evils'; and...