We are looking for an answer with a researcher of economic policy in autocracy Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / Leta After the start of the Russian full -scale invasion of Ukraine, the most effective officials in the eyes of Vladimir Putin were employees of the economic bloc.

And won't the collected trillions be spent on war? On the night of May 29, the Ministry of Finance announced details of the tax reform, which Vladimir Putin had announced in his address to the Federal Assembly in February. Russian authorities call these measures "improvement of the tax system," but in fact, this is an increase in taxes for individuals and businesses. From 2025, personal income tax rates for people with high incomes and profit tax rates for businesses will increase.

We are trying to answer the main questions about the main rearrangement in the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Astakhov / satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Andrey Belousov and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov On the evening of May 12, Vladimir Putin resigned from the post of Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu. His place after a formal statement in the Federation Council will be occupied by Andrei Belousov, a former Deputy Prime Minister on Economic Affairs. Why exactly he?

Says Jan Peter Kranen - one of the project participants Ukrinform / nurphoto / getty images consequences of the Russian strike at the Central Bus Station Dnieper. August 24, 2023 At the end of April, the influential non-governmental organization Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), which unites hundreds of economists-researchers from around the world, published another report on the post-war restoration of the Ukrainian economy.

This is just one of the "research" tower paid by the Presidential Administration Analysts of the "world majority" “The Soviet type of industry Research Institute under the Presidential Administration,” is the interlocutor of Medusa, close to the Higher School of Economics (HSE), described the university a year ago.

Daniel Kaneman in 2014. Roger Parkes / Alamy / Vida Press The Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Caneman died on March 27. He was 90 years old. The Nobel Laureate of the Economics Prize, Kaneman was not a professional economist - he received the education of a psychologist and mathematics. However, his work changed economic science and laid the foundation for its most important and very popular section - a behavioral economy.

The authorities are unlikely to listen: money is needed "here and now" Spencer Platt / Getty images At the end of March, the journal of the research financial institution (NIFI) under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation published an article by researchers from the RANEPA Elizabeth Martyanova and Andrei Polbin, in which they evaluate how could the Russian economy update the progressive scale of individuals income (personal income tax)-this reform announced this reform in his message

We deal with the migration researcher Salavat Abylkalikov Aleksei ignatov / shutterstock.com division of the State Border Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation marching at the parade in honor of Victory Day with service dogs. Blagoveshchensk, May 9, 2022 Immediately after the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, a sharp surge of xenophobia occurred in Russia.

The sociologist Kirill Titaev answers. He has been studying Russian security for many years Sergey Vedyashkin / Agency "Moscow" The next morning, after shooting at Crocus City Hall, the FSB announced that she detained 11 suspects, including four alleged proper attacks. Formally, it is the FSB that is the main power body that is responsible for the fight against terrorism in Russia. Could special services prevent a terrorist attack?

Artem Priakhin / Sopa Images / Sipa USA / Vida Press the graves of those who died in the war in Ukraine at the military site of the southern cemetery of St. Petersburg. September 21, 2023 According to the results of 2023, there were much more money in bank accounts of Russians-about 18% compared to the end of 2022.

Answers Daniel Traisman - one of the main researchers of the Putin era (and co -author of Sergey Guriev) Vidier Lebrun / Photonews / Getty images Three days after the death of Alexei Navalny, his wife Julia published an appeal in which she promised to continue her husband's work. In the death of politics, she directly accused Vladimir Putin.

Respterine of autocracy Ericantz answers Jonathan Brady / Pa Wire / Pa Images / Scanpix / Leta residents of London protest from the Russian embassy on the day when it became known about the death of Alexei Navalny. February 16, 2024 How exactly Aleksey Navalny died is certainly unknown. Be that as it may, the responsibility for his death lies in the Kremlin as a whole and Vladimir Putin personally.

We are trying to find answers with political scientist Graham Robertson - he has been studying the Russian power for more than 20 years and those who are opposed to it Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / Leta residents of St. Petersburg put flowers to the photograph of Alexei Navalny at the memorial by political prisoners and light candles. February 16, 2024 Alexey Navalny died in a colony. Responsible for his death, both world leaders and associates of politics call Vladimir Putin.

Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images Vladimir Putin and Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov in 2020 at their annual meeting with state prosecutors. Russian lawmakers made headlines last month when they advanced legislation that would allow the confiscation of property owned by individuals convicted of crimes related to anti-war behavior.

Medusa tells how the authorities select business from Russians (including privatized 30 years ago) Mikhail Svetlov / Getty images Vladimir Putin and Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov at a annual meeting with prosecutors, 2020 At the end of January, the State Duma adopted a bill on confiscation of property from convicts for "fakes" about the army.