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Jan 15, 2025 | 
ridl.io | Jeremy Morris |Nikolay Kozhanov |Yakov Feygin |Vladislav Inozemtsev
Discussion of the inflationary side effects of war spending in the Russian economy has been inconsistent. Even when observers note how, in the long term, today’s economic decisions are storing up trouble, many focus on a mistaken idea that a significant segment of Russians are feeling economic benefits, or that wartime spending means real gains (as a share of GDP) for labour (i.e. that gains are redistributive).
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Mark Youngman |Andrey Pertsev |Yakov Feygin |Vladislav Inozemtsev
Mark Youngman on the evolving role played by the Chechen security services in Ukraine Читать на русском Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been a vocal supporter of Russia’s war on Ukraine from the outset, but the role played by his security services — commonly known as the kadyrovtsy — has evolved significantly.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Eric Woods |Vladislav Inozemtsev |Andrey Pertsev |Yakov Feygin
Russia’s only true allies might be its army and navy—but it does have partners on the international stage. The alleged introduction of North Korean troops to join the fight in Ukraine is the result of the partnerships Russia has built up to combat the array of economic controls against it and meet its own warfighting deficiencies.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Vladislav Inozemtsev |Andrey Pertsev |Yakov Feygin
On 6 August 2024, regular units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) entered the territory of the Kursk region, undertaking, as Vladimir Putin put it, a «large-scale provocation.» If we disregard the changed borders and many other ‘ifs and buts’, this was the first case of this kind since Wehrmacht forces had entered the Soviet territory on 22 June 1941, which was also perceived as a provocation by the then Kremlin leaders.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Vladislav Inozemtsev |Vakhtang Partsvania |Yakov Feygin
Last week, as expected, the Central Bank of Russia raised its key interest rate, almost bringing it to a ten-year high. It is quite possible that this level will be reached, if not exceeded, before the end of this year.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
publicenterprise.org | Yakov Feygin
Read the Full Report. Virtual power plants (VPPs) are a nascent technology that allows a power provider to optimize the operation of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as rooftop solar and small-scale battery storage in order to aggregate and operate them as a grid-scale energy source.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Andrey Pertsev |Yakov Feygin |Vladislav Inozemtsev
Vladimir Putin has appointed Anna Tsivileva, head of the «Defenders of the Fatherland» Foundation and daughter of his late cousin, as deputy Defense Minister. Two other deputy Defense Ministers appointed around the same time are former First Deputy Finance Minister Leonid Gornin and Pavel Fradkov, son of former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The three will have to work with the head of the department, former First Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy Andrey Belousov.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
ridl.io | Yakov Feygin |Vladislav Inozemtsev |Pavel Luzin
Vladimir Putin’s appointment of Andrei Belousov as Minister of Defense has shocked many observers of Russian politics. An economist with an academic background, Belousov had few known connections to the military or even the security services writ large. Some have interpreted his appointment as less surprising than expected.
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May 29, 2024 | 
publicenterprise.org | Yakov Feygin |Advait Arun
Access our brief on tax credit chaining here. The IRA expanded the availability of tax equity finance through two provisions. First, it allowed for tax credits to be transferred to third-party investors, broadening the market and reducing the cost of finance for renewable energy project development. Second, it created an elective pay option for tax-exempt government and nonprofit entities, allowing them to monetize tax credits by applying for a direct payment from the IRS.
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May 16, 2024 | 
building-a-ruin.ghost.io | Yakov Feygin
First, it's been a long time since I wrote anything in this newsletter. There are many reasons for this. I had a baby, my health collapsed, I lost a job (not going to comment much there), and I started a new one. I didn't have time for all the cool projects I had in mind on the side here. But I have to write up two very strangely related pieces of news, and I am out of the worst of what has been the best and one of the hardest years of my life.
