TEMPERATURMÄTARE: DEN RYSKA EKONOMIN – VARKEN ROSOR ELLER KOLLAPS

I denna rapport redogör Anders Åslund, senior fellow Frivärld, för vilken betydelse omvärldens sanktioner haft på Ryssland och hur ser det ekonomiska läget ut framåt. För närvarande förefaller ekonomin ha stabiliserats, men ingen signifikant tillväxt är att vänta i överskådlig framtid och den stora kapitalflykten kan leda till en ny plötslig kris. I rapporten presenterar Anders Åslund utsikterna för den ryska ekonomin samt vilka fler verktyg för väst att ta till för att bland annat underminera Putins utbredning av kleptokrati.

Dr. Anders Åslund is a senior fellow at Stockholm Free World Forum and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He is a leading specialist on economic policy in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Dr. Åslund has served as an economic adviser to several governments, notably the governments of Russia (1991-94) and Ukraine (1994-97). He has published widely and is the author of 15 books. His most recent book is Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy (2019) Other recent books are Europe’s Growth Challenge (2017), Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It (2015), and How Capitalism Was Built ( 2013).