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Konstantin Sonin
  • 10 august 2004

    The Unbearable Lightness of Petrodollars

    High oil prices on the world market give the oil-exporting countries an opportunity to implement reforms, but their governments tend to miss this chance since the favorable situation on the market paralyzes their will to do so.

  • 1 december 2003

    Endless Redistribution

    Attempts to reduce inequality by revising the past privatization of the major industrial enterprises, or by levying a natural resource rent, will not reap any benefits. The only predictable result of these attempts will be an endless chain in the redistribution of property and its further concentration.

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A revolutionary chaos of the new world

The world is getting more troublesome and increasingly challenging right before our eyes.

Editor's column

Will Russia Lose Georgia for Good?

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili finally got what he couldn’t get for several years: an official visit to the White House.

The Unbearable Lightness of Petrodollars

High oil prices on the world market give the oil-exporting countries an opportunity to implement reforms, but their governments tend to miss this chance since the favorable situation on the market paralyzes their will to do so.

Endless Redistribution

Attempts to reduce inequality by revising the past privatization of the major industrial enterprises, or by levying a natural resource rent, will not reap any benefits. The only predictable result of these attempts will be an endless chain in the redistribution of property and its further concentration.

Reviews and essays

Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire

When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.

Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality

In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.