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Published in: oDRAn investment wonderland? Reality checks
Since the collapse of the USSR investors have flocked to Russia, tempted by the high rates of return and the Alice...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s pension impasse – is there a way out?
One way Vladimir Putin has retained his popularity among Russians has been by increasing retirement pensions and...
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Published in: oDRRussian consumerism: market boom chaos
The collapse of the USSR replaced the perennial shortages of goods and services with the problem of low incomes and...
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Published in: oDRRussia: an Oprichnik economy
Owning a business in Russia today is a hazardous affair: each year thousands of companies close after their owners...
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Published in: oDRWhatever happened to Russia’s economic miracle?
The first eight years of the last decade were incredibly successful for Russia’s economy, but the crisis of 2008 hit...
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Published in: oDRRussian economy: in a worse state than it seems?
Dmitry Travin introduces a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job