Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better understand Russia? What are the steps forward for Western policy? The Eurasia Center’s new “Russia Tomorrow” series seeks to reevaluate conceptions of Russia today and better prepare for its future tomorrow.
On Friday, December 12 at 11:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosts an event launching the newest report in its pathbreaking “Russia Tomorrow” series on the current state of the Russian economy.
In the newest “Russia Tomorrow” report, entitled “Russian economy in 2025: Between stagnation and militarization,” authors Elina Ribakova, a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Lucas Risinger, a sanctions analyst and nonresident research fellow at the Kyiv School of Economics, examine where the Russian economy currently stands amid three key wartime developments: growing dependence on China, the prioritization of the defense sector, and the uneven effects of the war on poorer regions.
John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, moderates the discussion on the precariousness of Russia’s wartime economy.
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Speakers
Charles Lichfield
Director, Economic Foresight and Analysis & C. Boyden Gray Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center
Atlantic Council
Alexandra Prokopenko
Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Elina Ribakova
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Mikhail Zygar
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
Moderated by
Amb. John Herbst
Senior Director, Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
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