Category: Stories

  • Refection: Russia’s Plan for Innovation

    The importance of successfully integrating business and education is increasingly important to economic growth in Russia, as evidenced by the recent meeting between Putin and  the Presidential Council for Science and Education. Putin addressed the Council, citing the need to increase the pace of innovation in Russia which, despite having three universities included on the…

  • Reflection: Moscow’s construction boom and remittances

    Contradiction surrounds many things in Russia. This is true for the Russian economy, which continues to be mired in recession due in large part to the continued fall of global oil prices. Despite these conditions, Mark Adomanis writes in Forbes  that the Russian capital is in the midst of a housing construction boom, breaking previous…