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The twenty-seventh session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On March 20, 2025, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Dr. Svetlana V. Krivoruchko, professor at the Department of banking and monetary regulation, leading researcher at the Institute of Financial Research, Faculty of Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Presentation topic: "Theoretical foundations for the functioning of the sphere of decentralized finance (DeFi): conceptual apparatus, institutional and technological bases".
The twenty-sixth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On January 23, 2025, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenters: Dr. Kristina V. Shvandar, Head of the Centre for Advanced Financial Planning, Macroeconomic Analysis and Finance Statistics of the Financial Research Institute (NIFI) of the Russian Ministry of Finance, and Ms. Maria A. Mikhailova, Executive Director of the Association of National Payment System Participants - National Payment Association (NPA).
Presentation topic: "The problem of guaranteed payment services in the context of payment sphere digitalization".
The twenty-fifth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On December 5, 2024, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Ms. Oksana P. Goryacheva, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at the Law Institute of the Siberian Federal University.
Presentation topic: "Digital rating platforms: objects, tools and opportunities".
VI International October Conference on Theoretical Economics
On October 14-15, 2024, the New Economic Association, the Journal of the New Economic Association, the Institute of Economics of the RAS, the HSE University, and the Moscow School of Economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University held the VI International October Conference on Theoretical Economics "Political and economic mechanisms of public choice".
Venue: Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
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The twenty-fourth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On July 2, 2024, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Dr. Dmitry A. Kochergin, chief researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Presentation topic: "Tokenized private money: economic content, emission models and the role in the future monetary system".
The twenty-third session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On May 16, 2024, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Mr. Andrey Lisitsyn, Managing Director of the Financial Policy and Financial Markets Department of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Presentation topic: "Foundations and prospects for the use of digital clearing and settlement units in modern conditions".
Roundtable "Asset Tokenization: Global Trends and Potential Application in Russia's Financial Sphere"
On March 18, 2024, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the New Economic Association held a roundtable on " Asset Tokenization: Global Trends and Potential Application in Russia's Financial Sphere" as part of the Digital Finance Seminar.
The roundtable participants discussed a wide range of issues related to the economic content of the tokenization process, its potential benefits and challenges associated with its implementation, distinctive features of different types of tokenized assets, prospects and limits of the use of digital currencies and financial assets in Russia and abroad, and others.
The twenty-second session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On January 25, 2024, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Artem S. Genkin, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Department for Problems of Macroeconomics and Social Market Economy), president of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Center for the Protection of Depositors and Investors".
Presentation topic: "Private Money and Currency Dominance in the Context of Financial Systems Digitalization".
- V International October Conference on Theoretical Economics
On December 14-15, 2023, the New Economic Association, the Journal of the New Economic Association, the Institute of Economics of the RAS, the HSE University, and the Moscow School of Economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University held the V International October Conference on Theoretical Economics "Economic theory and empirical research: evolution of their relations".
Venue: Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University ().
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The twenty-first session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On December 7, 2023, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Elena V. Sinelnikova-Muryleva, PhD in Economics, senior researcher at the Center for the Study of Central Bank Problems of the Institute of Applied Economic Research, RANEPA.
Presentation topic: "World experience in launching payment systems based on retail digital currencies of central banks".
Roundtable in Memory of R.M. Nureyev "Historical Paths of Power-Ownership in the East"
On November 28, 2023, the Council of Young Scholars of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with the Council of Young Scholars of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences held a roundtable in memory of R.M. Nureyev "Historical Paths of Power-Ownership in the East".
Venue: Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 32, Nakhimovsky Prospekt; online via Zoom.
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VI Liventsev Readings
On November 23-24, 2023, the International Conference "" was held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. The theme of the conference was "Modern System of International Economic Relations: Between Globalization and Fragmentation". On November 24, a special joint workshop of the IE RAS and MGIMO "Economic Interaction Between Russia and the Neighborhood Belt Countries in the New Geopolitical Realities" was organized within the framework of the conference.
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International Conference "Balkan Dialogue - 2023"
On October 25, 2022, M.M. Lobanov, deputy director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, delivered a report on trade and investment ties between Russia and the countries of the Balkan Peninsula at the international conference "Balkan Dialogue - 2023" organized by the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund (Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 23-27, 2023).
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Roundtable "Prospects of Using Digital Currencies to Increase the Settlement Efficiency within the BRICS"
On October 19, 2023, the team of the regular Digital Finance Seminar (Institute of Economics, RAS) together with the New Economic Association held a roundtable on "Prospects of Using Digital Currencies to Increase the Settlement Efficiency within the BRICS".
International Conference "The Union State in the Current Economic and Geopolitical Context: How to Effectively Use New Opportunities"
On October 10-11, 2023, Smolensk State University (SmolSU) hosted the international conference "The Union State in the Current Economic and Geopolitical Context: How to Effectively Use New Opportunities". The conference was organized on the initiative of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus. Their partners in the organization of the event were SmolSU and the Agency of Integration Initiatives.
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Fifth Russian Economic Congress (REC-2023)
On September 11-15, 2023, the was held in Ekaterinburg, both online and offline. It was organized jointly by the New Economic Association, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ural State University of Economics, the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ural State Mining University, the Ural Institute of Management - a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), the Central Economic and Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The Congress was hosted by the Ural State University of Economics, the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ural State Mining University, and the Ural Institute of Management. 969 scientific reports by participants from 99 Russian cities and 12 foreign countries were selected for the Congress. Within the framework of REC-2023, 214 sessions were held during 19 thematic conferences, including the Conference of Young Scientists. 8 plenary roundtables devoted to topical problems of economics were organized.
35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE)
On September 13-15, 2023, the (both online and offline). The following experts from the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences presented their papers at the conference: Dr. S.G. Kirdina-Chandler, head of the Center for Institutional and Evolutionary Economics ( ), Dr. A.V. Vernikov, leading researcher ( ; the paper was prepared jointly with A.A. Kurysheva, SFU, Russia) and N.V. Smorodinskaya, Ph.D., leading researcher ( ; coauthor - D.D. Katukov, researcher).
22nd International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)
Prof. V. N. Bobkov, chief researcher, head of the subcenter "Socio-Economic Studies of Quality and Standard of Living" of the Center for Development of Human Potential, IE RAS, delivered an online report "Basic Income: a Chance for Russia?", prepared jointly with the leading researcher of the same subcenter E.V. Odintsova, at the 22nd International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network - BIEN (South Korea, Seoul, August 23-26, 2023).
The twentieth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On July 10, 2023, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Dr. Dmitry Kochergin, Professor of the Department for Credit Theory and Financial Management, Saint Petersburg State University
Presentation topic: "Digital currencies of central banks for cross-border payments: mechanisms, models and platforms".
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15th International Pushchino Symposium on Evolutionary Economics
On May 25-27, 2023, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Lomonosov Moscow State University held the 15th Pushchino Symposium on Evolutionary Economics.
Topic of the symposium: The Russian and the World Economies in an Era of Changing Global Economic Structures: Theory, Methodology and Practice
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The participants discussed the following issues:
- Discussions on both the essence of global economic structures and prerequisites for the formation of new structures;
- Challenges on the path to a new world order;
- Reproductive cycles of national economies and the world economic system;
- Economic development trends according to the institutional and evolutionary theory;
- The new world: will it be unipolar, multipolar or bipolar?
- Theoretical synthesis and evolution of economic knowledge in the global world;
- Possibilities for long-term modeling in today's turbulent world, or the search for patterns in economic development;
Master classes for undergraduate and graduate students was held as part of the symposium.
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The nineteenth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On April 20, 2023 the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Mr. Mikhail Demidenko, PhD in Economics, Deputy Head of the Research and Strategic Development Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, one of the developers of the Belarusian digital ruble project
Presentation topic: "Prospects of cross-border interaction of central banks' digital currencies: a conceptual basis for the Belarusian digital ruble".
The eighteenth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On March 2, 2023 the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Andrey Varnavsky, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Head of Ingosstrakh blockchain platform, Deputy Head of the Department of Ingosstrakh and Head of the blockchain laboratory at the Institute for Development of Digital Economy (Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation).
Presentation topic: "BigTech: Current State, Risks and Regulation".
Annual conference organized by the Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE)
On January 8, 2023, Dr. S.G. Kirdina-Chandler, head of subcenter "Institutional and evolutionary economics" of the IE RAS, made an online report "Globalisation and Sovereignty in the 2020s: The Peak of Contradictions?" at an annual conference organized by the Association for Evolutionary Economics at the Allied Social Sciences Associations (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, January 7-9, 2023; the conference theme: World at the Crossroads: Finding institutionalist pathways to social, economic and ecological co-existence).
The seventeenth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On December 22, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Professor Dr. Sergey Andryushin, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Presentation topic: "Decentralized Finance: Distinctive Features and Development Prospects".
Scientific conference "Russian economy under the influence of external shocks (to the 300th anniversary of RAS)"
On December 19, 2022, the Section of Economics of the Department of Social Sciences, RAS, with the participation of the institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute of Economics, Institute of National Economy Forecasting and Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences) held a scientific conference "Russian Economy under the influence of external shocks (to the 300th anniversary of RAS)". This event was organized within the framework of the project "Towards the 300th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences".
Prof. Mikhail Golovnin, Director of IE RAS, Corresponding Member of RAS, moderated the first part of the conference. During its second part, Dr. Elena Lenchuk presented her report "Technological Modernization as the Basis for Anti-Sanctions Policy". The participants of the conference examined the situations when the economy and society of the Soviet Union and Russia were subjected to external shocks (caused not only by the world community but also by factors not related to the economy, such as pandemics, climate change etc.), as well as the way economic policy reacted to those shocks. Particular attention was paid to the lessons of the past and the possibilities of using them to develop a system of appropriate responses from the government, business and society as a whole during the current geopolitical and geoeconomic crisis involving the unprecedented sanctions pressure on the Russian economy.
International conference "Challenges and risks for trade and economic cooperation of the EAEU member states under sanctions"
On December 15, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in association with the M. Kotanyan Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia held an international conference "Challenges and risks for trade and economic cooperation of the EAEU member states under sanctions".
The conference participants discussed the following issues:
- specifics of economic development of the EAEU member states in the current situation;
- trends and factors influencing cooperation between the EAEU countries with regard to trade, investment and migration;
- EAEU countries in the system of Eurasian transport corridors;
- opportunities for deeper Eurasian economic integration;
- risks involved in economic cooperation between EAEU member states due to geopolitical instability.
International scientific and practical conference "Cooperation between the Caspian countries at a time of global instability: potential, problems and prospects"
On November 16, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Eurasian Information and Analytical Consortium organized an international scientific and practical conference "Cooperation between the Caspian countries at a time of global instability: potential, problems and prospects".
The conference participants discussed the following topics:
- the role of the Caspian region in the new geo-economic and geopolitical conditions;
- the place and prospects of the region in the system of Eurasian transport corridors;
- the forms, institutions and prospects of cooperation among the Caspian countries, the role of regions and cities in its development;
- climate and environmental problems of the region and their socio-economic manifestations;
- prospects for the region's development in the context of a green economy.
Annual International Conference Bogomolov Readings: The Changing World. Where is it going?
On November 10, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted scientific readings in memory of the outstanding Soviet and Russian scientist, Academician Oleg Timofeyevich Bogomolov, on the topic: "The changing world. Where is it going?". The chairman of the Organizing Committee was Prof. M. Golovnin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The conference was attended by researchers in the field of world economy and politics, dealing with problems of globalization and regional integration, students and followers of Oleg T. Bogomolov.
They discussed the following issues:
- globalization and its role in the current changes;
- the impact of the global crisis on public thought;
- driving forces behind macro shifts in the world order;
- how to solve real problems in the development of states in a situation of geopolitical uncertainty;
- the role of Russia and its neighbor countries in creating a more equitable and just world;
- scenarios for the world's development and organization of international relations.
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The sixteenth session of the seminar "Digital Finance" hosted by the IE RAS
On November 3, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a session of the Digital Finance Seminar (both offline and online in Zoom).
Presenter: Andrey Varnavsky, PhD in Economics, Head of Blockchain at Ingosstrakh, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Ingosstrakh and Head of the blockchain laboratory at the Institute for Development of Digital Economy (Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation).
Presentation topic: "Digital Financial Assets: Integration of Existing Tools into New Networks".
International Russian-Korean Conference "New Eurasian Order and Korea's Approach Strategy to Eurasia"
On October 28, 2022, the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, held an international Russian-Korean conference "New Eurasian Order and Korea's Approach Strategy to Eurasia".
Format: online via Zoom.
Participants of the conference discussed the changing geopolitical order and the challenges it poses for Russia, the Republic of Korea, and Eurasia as a whole.
The first panel focused on how Russia's economic policies are changing and what these changes mean for South Korea. The role of Central Asia in a changing environment and the policy of the Republic of Korea in the region was discussed at the second section. The third panel was addressed import substitution policies in Russia.
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October 25, 2022, The annual all-Russian conference of young scientists "Economic Theory: Meeting the Reality. Modern Problems of International Trade"
On October 25, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the annual all-Russian conference of young scientists "Economic Theory: Meeting the Reality. Modern Problems of International Trade" organized by the Institute's Council of Young Scientists.
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Participants of the conference discussed the following topics:
▪ the idea of international trade in economic theory: history and modern times;
▪ international trade and development economics;
▪ global value chains and technology development;
▪ problems of food security;
▪ institutions of international trade and financial processes;
▪ international trade, integration processes, and the gravity model: a real-world test;
▪ sustainable growth of developing countries in the context of international trade;
▪ international trade, integration processes, and institutional reforms in developing countries;
▪ peculiarities of regional and sectoral development of the Russian economy in the context of its integration into the international trade system.
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October 19-20, 2022, The 4th International October Conference on Problems of Theoretical Economics "Segmentation of Economic Science and the Problems of Synthesis"
On October 19-20, 2022, the Journal of the New Economic Association, the Institute of Economics of the RAS, and the National Research University Higher School of Economics with the support of the New Economic Association held the 4th October Conference on Problems of Theoretical Economics "Segmentation of Economic Science and the Problems of Synthesis".
Participants of the thematic conferences, that are held annually in October, deal with a wide range of problems related to the theory and methodology of economic science, the history of economic thought and modern theoretical economics.
Format: ofline (Moscow, Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow state university.
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Participants of the conference discussed the following issues :
- the economics of the digital era;
- economic knowledge gained through econometric studies;
- synthesis and institutional reforms;
- the place of economics in the system of social sciences.
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International conference "Development of Cooperation between Russia and Vietnam in the Face of Sanctions"
On October 18, 2022, the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, together with the Institute of European Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, held an international conference "Development of Cooperation between Russia and Vietnam in the Face of Sanctions".
Format: offline at the Conference Hall of the Institute of Economics (32, Nakhimovsky prospekt) and online via Zoom.
Working languages: Russian, Vietnamese
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Participants of the conference discussed the following topics:
- trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Russia in the context of sanctions;
- implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, on the one hand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on the other hand;
- Russian-Vietnamese energy cooperation;
- development of the tourism industry in the current situation.
Contact: asiacenter@inecon.ru
International scientific conference "The fourth industrial revolution: implications for economic development in Russia and ASEAN"
On September 29, 2022, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences held an international scientific conference "The fourth industrial revolution: implications for economic development in Russia and ASEAN".
Format: both offline (Conference Hall, 32 Nakhimovskiy Prospekt, Moscow) and online in Zoom.
Working languages: Russian and English. Simultaneous translation provided.
Scope and Aim of the Conference
The fourth industrial revolution is set to fundamentally transform national economies in aspects concerning manufacturing processes, transport, city landscapes. People, businesses, governments – all will be affected by these changes. To ensure safe and smooth transition and equal opportunities for development under new imperatives, countries need to develop necessary policy responses.
This conference aims to explore how Russia and ASEAN countries are adapting to realities of the fourth industrial revolution and what decision they make today to meet the future goals of the transition.
During the conference participants are invited to discuss the following themes:
- the fourth industrial revolution: economic priorities in Russia and ASEAN
- goals of the economic policy in the age of digitalization: experiences of Russia and ASEAN;
- ‘smart cities’ as a promising sphere for cooperation between Russia and ASEAN;
- Russia-ASEAN joint projects in digital products;
- digital currencies and digital payment platforms and their role in strengthening Russia-ASEAN cooperation;
- digitalization and the future of travel industry.
Contact: asiacenter@inecon.ru
The 34th Annual EAEPE Conference 2022 "Tackling inequalities: New paradigms in policy and technology for a just transition and vaccine equity"
The 34th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) took place in Naples, Italy, on September 7-9, 2022. were co-organized by Dr. S. Kirdina-Chandler, the head of a subcenter at the Institute of Economics, RAS.
At the hybrid conference, the following papers were presented by researchers working for the Institute of Economics:
- A Feast in Time of Plague: Debt-Financed Spending Spree During Economic Decline (A. V. Vernikov, Doctor of Economics, leading research fellow, together with A. Kurysheva, South Federal University, Russia),
- PRC Investment Activity in Africa. Neo-Colonial Expansion or Promotion of Sustainable Development? (A. I. Volynski, research fellow, and M. S. Kruglova, PhD, senior research fellow),
- Global Institutional Cycles of Bipolarity (Dr. S. G. Kirdina-Chandler, Head of the Subcenter "Institutional and Evolutionary Economics"),
- Kondratieff Waves and Modern Macroeconomics (V. I. Maevsky, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Center "Institutional and Evolutionary Economics and Applied Problems of Reproduction", and A.A. Rubinstein, PhD, senior research fellow),
- and Sanctionomics: Sanctions Against Russia and Their Systemic Effects (N.V. Smorodinskaya, PhD, leading research fellow).
September 20, 2022, Delegation from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences at the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
On September 20, a delegation from the Institute for European Studies of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) visited the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The main purpose of the visit was to discuss promising areas of bilater