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The Call by the Global Intelligence DeskOn BRICS, the Dollar and Moscow’s Show of Friends (10/24/24)This week, Russia hosts the 16th BRICS Summit in the southwestern city of Kazan, the first meeting since the original members - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.As the IMF and World Bank convene in Washington, President Vladimir Putin has positioned the summit as proof of Russia's resilience under Western sanctions and a step towards reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency.Few expect any serious move to advance dollar alternatives. The meeting, however...
2025-01-2020 min
Russian RouletteTwo Former Central Bankers on Russia's Inflation ProblemThis week, Maria sat down with Sergey Aleksashenko and Alexandra Prokopenko to discuss the Russian central bank's continued inability to reign in domestic inflation, and what it means for Russia's economy and war effort going forward.
2024-10-0442 minRussian RouletteTwo Former Central Bankers on Russia's Inflation ProblemThis week, Maria sat down with Sergey Aleksashenko and Alexandra Prokopenko to discuss the Russian central bank's continued inability to reign in domestic inflation, and what it means for Russia's economy and war effort going forward.
2024-10-0442 minRussian RouletteA Sanctions Update with Eddie Fishman and Sergey Aleksashenko Maria recently sat down with sanctions expert Eddie Fishman and economist Sergey Aleksashenko to provide a timely update on the evolving sanctions regime leveled against Russia. (Recorded on June 18, 2024.)
2024-06-2748 minRussian RouletteA Sanctions Update with Eddie Fishman and Sergey Aleksashenko Maria recently sat down with sanctions expert Eddie Fishman and economist Sergey Aleksashenko to provide a timely update on the evolving sanctions regime leveled against Russia. (Recorded on June 18, 2024.)
2024-06-2748 minRussian RouletteAn Update on the Russian Economy with Elina Ribakova and Sergey AleksashenkoIn this week's episode, Max and Maria are joined by economists Elina Ribakova and Sergey Aleksashenko to discuss the current state of the Russian economy. Learn More:"Sanctions Evaporate with Time" by Sergey Aleksashenko | Substack"Russia's War Machine Is Still Running on Western Equipment" by Elina Ribakova
2023-07-2750 minRussian RouletteAn Update on the Russian Economy with Elina Ribakova and Sergey AleksashenkoIn this week's episode, Max and Maria are joined by economists Elina Ribakova and Sergey Aleksashenko to discuss the current state of the Russian economy. Learn More:"Sanctions Evaporate with Time" by Sergey Aleksashenko | Substack"Russia's War Machine Is Still Running on Western Equipment" by Elina Ribakova
2023-07-2750 min
Sprawy Wschodu119. Dzień zwycięstwa nad rzeką między Rosją a Estonią i kwestia ukraińskiego zbożaW tym wydaniu Bartosz Gołąbek i Marcin Strzyżewski mówią o: świętowaniu 9 maja w pogranicznym Iwangorodzie nad rzeką Narwą, pomyśle na Igrzyska przyszłości w Kazaniu w 2024 roku, niezmobilizowanej gospodarce czasu wojennej mobilizacji i ukraińskim zbożu w Polsce, które ciekawi także rosyjskie antyreżimowe media.
Źródła Bartka:
https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/featur e/2023/05/10/hotelos-pochuvstvovat-duh-rossii
https://rg.ru/2023/05/12/v-gosdumu-vnesen-zakonoproekt-o-provedenii-igr-budushchego.html
Źródła Marcina:
https://verstka.media/interview-sergey-aleksashenko-pochemu-v-rossii-ne-proishodit-mobilizacii ekonomiki
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/05/14/poprannaia-solidarnost
Nasza skarbonka na kawę i wyposażenie dla ekipy Spraw Wschodu: ...
2023-05-151h 10
Russian RouletteSanctions and the Russian EconomyAfter a long hiatus, Russian Roulette is back! For our first episode after our time away, listen in to a conversation Max and Maria recently had at CSIS in Washington, DC. Following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, The US, EU, and their partners imposed severe sanctions on the Russian economy. Sanctions of this scale and scope are unprecedented in recent history, and have major potential implications not just for the course of the war in Ukraine, but also for Russia's broader geopolitical position. Max and Maria hosted held a wi...
2023-01-261h 00Russian RouletteSanctions and the Russian EconomyAfter a long hiatus, Russian Roulette is back! For our first episode after our time away, listen in to a conversation Max and Maria recently had at CSIS in Washington, DC. Following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, The US, EU, and their partners imposed severe sanctions on the Russian economy. Sanctions of this scale and scope are unprecedented in recent history, and have major potential implications not just for the course of the war in Ukraine, but also for Russia's broader geopolitical position. Max and Maria hosted held a wi...
2023-01-261h 00
Fernando UlrichEp. 246 - Economic consequences of Putin's War on Ukraine | Consequências econômicas da guerra de PutinEsta é uma conversa com Sergey Aleksashenko sobre a guerra da Rússia contra a Ucrânia, as consequências econômicas do conflito, sanções financeiras e a repressão crescente na Rússia. Sergey foi vice-ministro de finanças e vice-presidente do conselho do Banco Central da Rússia entre 1995 e 1998.
This is a conversation with Sergey Aleksashenko on the ongoing war in Ukraine, the economic consequences of the conflict, financial sanctions, and the increasing repression in Russia. Sergey is a Russian economist and was the deputy finance minister and first deputy chairman of the board of the Cent...
2022-03-091h 25
Economics - VideoFour Years of Sanctions: Assessing the Impact on the Russian Economy and Foreign PolicyFour years after the U.S. and EU first imposed sanctions against Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea in March 2014, how effective have these sanctions been in changing the regime’s behavior?
In 2014, Russia experienced a deep recession as global energy prices precipitously dropped. But in 2018, the World Bank projects that Russia will experience GDP growth of around 1.7 percent and the Central Bank of Russia has effectively managed price stability. However, Russia is having to make painful budget choices and turning increasingly to China for infrastructure financing.
As Russia continues its military interventions in Easte...
2018-05-073h 26
Russia and Eurasia - VideoFour Years of Sanctions: Assessing the Impact on the Russian Economy and Foreign PolicyFour years after the U.S. and EU first imposed sanctions against Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea in March 2014, how effective have these sanctions been in changing the regime’s behavior?
In 2014, Russia experienced a deep recession as global energy prices precipitously dropped. But in 2018, the World Bank projects that Russia will experience GDP growth of around 1.7 percent and the Central Bank of Russia has effectively managed price stability. However, Russia is having to make painful budget choices and turning increasingly to China for infrastructure financing.
As Russia continues its military interventions in Easte...
2018-05-073h 26
Europe - VideoFour Years of Sanctions: Assessing the Impact on the Russian Economy and Foreign PolicyFour years after the U.S. and EU first imposed sanctions against Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea in March 2014, how effective have these sanctions been in changing the regime’s behavior?
In 2014, Russia experienced a deep recession as global energy prices precipitously dropped. But in 2018, the World Bank projects that Russia will experience GDP growth of around 1.7 percent and the Central Bank of Russia has effectively managed price stability. However, Russia is having to make painful budget choices and turning increasingly to China for infrastructure financing.
As Russia continues its military interventions in Easte...
2018-05-073h 26
DiffusionDiffusionVisiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Sergey Aleksashenko, Former deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia and former chairman of Merrill Lynch Russia and Clifford Gaddy, Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and author, “Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin” about Russia's economic challenges and its dependence on oil.
2016-12-0112 min