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The State of the Russian Economy: Hopeless But Not Politically Serious?
Author(s) -
HANSON PHILIP
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the russian review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-9434
pISSN - 0036-0341
DOI - 10.1111/russ.12151
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , political science , russian economy , politics , political economy , economic system , economy , term (time) , weakness , economics , law , computer science , medicine , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , anatomy
This article describes the present condition and near‐term prospects of the Russian economy and analyzes the major influences contributing to its current weakness. It then draws attention to the domestic, structural problems faced by Russia and assesses the political obstacles to their solution.