"Part of the population will only be poor"

Igor Lipsitz about the increase in prices, the collapse of the housing and communal services and dependence on China. Interview with Kirill Martynov

Igor Lipsits is a former professor of the Higher School of Economics, Doctor of Economics and one of the founders of the university.

In August 2023, the university annulled the Lipsite contract, after asking him to abandon his performances in independent media.

Kirill Martynov, editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, talked with the economist about how Western sanctions helped Russian oligarchs about the reasons for the growth of prices for housing and communal services and people who benefited from the war.