Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation

19/09/2017

Experts Discussed the Issue of Export of IT Services
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014249.html
During the last expert meeting called "Export of IT Services. Outlook and Proposal for Development" Ksenia Sukhorukova, Head of the Department for Foreign Economic Activity of the Analytical Center, pointed out that in the last 2 years Russia has been experiencing a drop in exports.

During the last expert meeting called "Export of IT Services. Outlook and Proposal for Development" Ksenia Sukhorukova, Head of the Department for Foreign Economic Activity of the Analytical Center, pointed out that in the last 2 years Russia has been experiencing a drop in exports.

19/09/2017

A strategy is needed to develop medical tourism
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014266.html
"The main barriers to the export of medical services include lack of equipment, lack of qualified personnel and the kind of medical services people in other countries have come to expect, lack of medical visas and lack of promotion," that was the verdict passed by the Department for Foreign Economic Activity of the Analytical Center Ksenia Sukhorukova at an expert meeting devoted to this topic. The experts participating in the meeting discussed the current situation and concluded that Russia has all the right conditions to develop this sector but a lot has yet to be done.

19/09/2017

Experts discussed the development of interregional cooperation
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014271.html
The Analytical Center held a round-table on interregional cooperation as an instrument for implementing strategic priorities, during which the experts discussed the current trends, peculiarities and constraints of interregional cooperation and reviewed the experience of various regions in implementing joint projects.

15/09/2017

Digital economy will increase productivity
http://ac.gov.ru/en/commentary/014178.html
Vladislav Onishchenko
Deputy Head

The First Deputy Head of the Analytical Center, Vladislav Onishchenko, told RBC how Russia is implementing the digital transformation of its economy, what professions will be in demand in the future, what the risks of the transformation are, and how these risks were taken into account in the develop...

15/09/2017

The bulk of the greenhouse gas emissions in Russia comes from the energy sector
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014144.html
The bulk of the greenhouse gas emissions in Russia comes from the energy sectorThe Analytical Center hosted a round table titled Environment and Economy: reducing the Russia's air pollution, devoted to the August bulletin on the current trends in the Russian economy. The experts discussed the trends in contaminant emissions from stationary and mobile sources in 2000-2016 and presented the statistics on greenhouse gas emissions.

The bulk of the greenhouse gas emissions in Russia comes from the energy sectorThe Analytical Center hosted a round table titled Environment and Economy: reducing the Russia's air pollution, devoted to the August bulletin on the current trends in the Russian economy. The experts discussed the trends...

15/09/2017

Experts studied the social investments of oil and gas companies
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014148.html
During the 2015-2016 crisis, Russia's largest oil and gas companies never reduced their social investments with some of them actually increasing the investments, including by means of expanding the range of social projects they were financing, the experts write in the new issue of the energy bulletin.

During the 2015-2016 crisis, Russia's largest oil and gas companies never reduced their social investments with some of them actually increasing the investments, including by means of expanding the range of social projects they were financing, the experts write in the new issue of the energy bulleti...

15/09/2017

Stainless steel production is lagging behind the growth in its consumption
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014182.html
"Q2 2017 saw the consumption of stainless steel grow 18 % year on year and in H1 2017 it went up 25.7%, with the bulk of the increase coming from imported products," said Analytical Center expert Olga Skvirskaya, speaking at a round table on the prospects of import substitution in stainless steel production in Russia, which was held at the Analytical Center. During the round table the experts discussed the prospects of launching modern stainless still rolling mills in Russia, the barriers to the development of the local market and the potential competitive advantages of Russian producers.

15/09/2017

Competencies centers described the implementation of the Digital Economy program
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014192.html
On September, 13 a regular meeting of the Subcommission on the Digital Economy of the Government Commission on the use of information technology to improve the quality of life and business conditions was held. The meeting was held primarily to discuss the work of the competencies centers to prepare action plans for the implementation of the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation program.

On September, 13 a regular meeting of the Subcommission on the Digital Economy of the Government Commission on the use of information technology to improve the quality of life and business conditions was held. The meeting was held primarily to discuss the work of the competencies centers to prepare…

15/09/2017

Russia has all prerequisites for creating a system of technological test sites
http://ac.gov.ru/en/commentary/014186.html
Oleg Kolobov
Department for Fuel and Energy Sector

Oleg Kolobov, Expert of the Analytical Center, commented on the situation with creation of technological test sites in Russia to the Oil & Gas Vertical magazine. "The international experience in test sites development shows a significant role of the government, but this role may decrease over time,"...

15/09/2017

New forms of state support for agriculture are required
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014212.html
“Current achievements in the import substitution are mainly due to investments within the state program for the agriculture development,” said Gleb Pokatovich, Deputy Head of the Analytical Center, speaking at the National Forum Import Substitution 2017. “It can hardly be said that they were the result of the food import embargo, since 3 years are a relatively short period, and long-term investment cycles are typical for most agricultural sectors.”

“Current achievements in the import substitution are mainly due to investments within the state program for the agriculture development,” said Gleb Pokatovich, Deputy Head of the Analytical Center, speaking at the National Forum Import Substitution 2017. “It can hardly be said that they were the res...

08/09/2017

Economic Growth Gets More Sustainable in EEU Countries
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014131.html
The Analytical Center has published a final bulletin on the economic development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries. Previous issues of the bulletin focused on some peculiarities of development in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The new document dwells on economic integration of the post-Soviet countries, which now form the EEU, with the main goal to improve overall well-being.

The Analytical Center has published a final bulletin on the economic development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries. Previous issues of the bulletin focused on some peculiarities of development in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The new document dwells on economic integrati...

08/09/2017

Damage from weather cataclysms will increase
http://ac.gov.ru/en/events/014136.html
"Weather cataclysms will occur in Moscow increasingly," said Evgeny Gasho, the expert of the Analytical Center at the Climate Forum of Russian Cities. "A number of scientists have conducted a research: they collected information from different sources and, using the latest data processing technologies, analyzed different options for the development of the fuel and energy balance of the capital and the nearest belt of the Moscow oblast."

"Weather cataclysms will occur in Moscow increasingly," said Evgeny Gasho, the expert of the Analytical Center at the Climate Forum of Russian Cities. "A number of scientists have conducted a research: they collected information from different sources and, using the latest data processing technologi...