... country suggests electronic voting. This form was used by more than
127 thousand voters
of the total number of about 900 thousand.
Here are some features of the electoral cycle.
First, there is an obvious crisis of ideas and economic projects while economy is stagnating and military and infrastructure expenses go up.
The SEB Bank left unchanged the previously compiled forecast of the Estonian
economic growth
in 2015 at 1.8 %. In 2014, Estonia ranked third among the Baltic States in terms of growth ...
Vladimir Mau, one of the authors of the Russian economic reforms of the 1990s, spoke with RBTH about the challenges facing the country's economy.
After oil prices started their now-infamous downslide in September 2014, the Russian ruble suffered a dramatic collapse. In an interview with RBTH at the Gaidar Economic Forum in Moscow, Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of the National ...
... expansion of conflicts and so on? Without a doubt, yes. Without this [cooperation] we will lose our country’s status as a great power. Not to mention that the Russian people have an interest in eliminating dangerous international situations.
On the economy
Russia is experiencing a difficult economic situation. There are external reasons: the fall in oil prices and the sanctions against Russia.
External changes that would favor Russia should not be expected anytime soon. It is doubtful that the sanctions ...
Kvashnin Yuri (Ph.D in History)
(Head, European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN, RIAC Expert)
Today the Russian-Greek economic relations are affected by a triple crisis: the ongoing crisis in Greece, the crisis in Russian–EU relations and Russia's economic hardships.
As for the first one, at the beginning of this year Greece's economic prospects looked bright. 2013 was the first year when Greece achieved primary surplus of 1.5 billion euro. In the passing year it showed...
... European Council Summit on December 18–19, 2014 will be economic and social policy. Participants will discuss the necessary measures and instruments for strengthening economic growth, creating new jobs and improving the competitiveness of the EU economy. The heads of state and government will have to approve the Annual Growth Survey for 2015 and the Report on Prevention Measures. Both documents were adopted by the Commission in Brussels in November 2014. The Annual Growth Survey 2015 marks the ...
Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor based in Seattle, USA)
Ever since April, and a much publicized re-entry in the capital markets to secure a loan, the Greek PM Mr. Samaras has taken no breaks from advertising his government's supposed "success" in leading Greece "out of her crisis." With the exception of Mr. Samaras's narrow circle of advisers, everyone knows that this claim is bogus. In October, Mr. Samaras took another bold, but utterly inane, step in...
Notwithstanding a quite ambitious economic plan of reforms initiated by the Prime Minister Shinzō Abe Sind known as “Abenomics”, mid-November 2014 has shown that Japanese economy is not getting better. The Prime Minister Abe has turned to extreme measures – dissolution of the parliament with the new elections set for December 2014. Once ranking among the top three most innovative and strongest economies, Japan has ...
Russia Needs a Step Forward
Although Moscow's official documents and statements consider Hanoi a key Asian partner, the reality of the bilateral relationship after the breakup of the USSR has actually been inertia, thereby opening opportunities for the U.S.A. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) to gain a strong foothold in Vietnam. With Russia once again intent on achieving a meaningful presence in Asia-Pacific, it appears appropriate to analyze the role of a strategic partnership with Vietnam...
... crisis, the marked reduction in economic activity and the geopolitical disagreements between the main players in global politics – these factors are making it difficult to build contacts and strengthen links between countries and organisations. The economy has become a hostage to political decisions. Will the G20 member countries manage to make a sober assessment of the economic prospects?Will they be able to work out a united approach to addressing the issues that have emerged, or will they be ...
... financial sanctions imposed by the West were quick to bring Iran to the conference table.
Financial instruments of foreign policy are today becoming more important than those involving trade.
Improved efficiency of using financial instruments in the world economy is primarily due to the peculiarities of the current stage of globalization. The volume of financial transactions heavily exceeds the amount of financial services rendered in the international trade in goods and services. In 2013, global exports ...
