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Ivan Tkachev on how the Russian authorities are gradually withdrawing citizens’ access to information
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Ivan Tkachev on the economy which survived 2020 better than was expected in the spring
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Ivan Tkachev on why the authorities changed their strategy for fighting COVID-19
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Ivan Tkachev looks at whether sanctions could bring the Nord Stream-2 story to an end
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Ivan Tkachev looks into where the Russian economy is most vulnerable to the fallout from Covid-19
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Ivan Tkachev on how long Russia’s budget reserves will last in the current oil price environment
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Ivan Tkachev writes that Russia’s economy can survive the collapse in oil and gas prices — but at what long-term cost?
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Ivan Tkachev on why Russia’s largest bank is being handed over to the government
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Ivan Tkachev on Boris Rotenberg losing a discrimination lawsuit against European banks and what it means for other Russian oligarchs
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Ivan Tkachev on sanctions from 2020 onwards
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Ivan Tkachev on when it is justified to talk about sanctions evasion and when it’s not
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Ivan Tkachev on the 2020-2022 draft budget
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Ivan Tkachev on how a new way of looking at Russia’s FDI offers clues of how intertwined Russian economy still is with the West