{"id":29407,"date":"2017-02-12T13:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29407"},"modified":"2017-02-12T13:51:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:51:55","slug":"russia-direct-analysis-russian-economic-crisis-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29407","title":{"rendered":"Russia Direct Publication Analysis:   Why the Russian economic crisis is far from over"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"publish-date\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jan 17, 2017<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span class=\"author\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">By\u00a0<a title=\"Pavel Koshkin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.russia-direct.org\/profile\/pavel-koshkin\" rel=\"author\">Pavel Koshkin<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span class=\"author\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Editor-in-Chief of Russia Direct, a publication<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"cat-breadcrumb\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russia-direct.org\/analysis\">ANALYSIS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Despite encouraging signs, Russian economists and politicians continue to express only cautious optimism about the future of the economy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"In 2017, Russia might be forced to recognize itself as strong politically, but comparably weak and poor economically, with a destitute population and undiversified economy. Photo: RIA Novosti \" src=\"http:\/\/www.russia-direct.org\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/RIAN_02714587-russian-economy-strategy-625_1.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"275\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>In 2017, Russia might be forced to recognize itself as strong politically, but comparably weak and poor economically, with a destitute population and undiversified economy. Photo: RIA Novosti<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Despite many difficulties, the Russian authorities were relatively successful in responding to the 2014-2015 crisis, alleviating its burden on the population and eventually emerging from the economic recession in 2016. At least, this is how Russian and foreign experts, economists and politicians assessed the situation during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russia-direct.org\/tags\/gaidar-economic-forum\" target=\"_blank\">the Jan. 12-14 Gaidar Economic Forum<\/a>, one of the nation\u2019s key platforms to address major economic, financial and political challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">However, the crisis is far from over. One positive sign is that some representatives of the government are aware of this fact. At the forum, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned against the risks of a long-standing recession, which are still high. The only way to hedge these risks is to conduct sweeping structural reforms, which would shift investment from large-scale natural resources projects into infrastructure and human capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe fact that Russia overcame the recession doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the problems are resolved,\u201d Medvedev said during the Gaidar Forum. He pointed out that the key challenges are Russia\u2019s technological backwardness, the commodity-based economy and the enormous role of the government in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To Read the Entire Article Click Here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russia-direct.org\/analysis\/why-russian-economic-crisis-far-over\">Russia Direct<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 17, 2017 By\u00a0Pavel Koshkin\u00a0 Editor-in-Chief of Russia Direct, a publication ANALYSIS Despite encouraging signs, Russian economists and politicians continue to express only cautious optimism about the future of the economy. 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