Russian Analytical Digest - No. 48: Russia and the Financial Crisis
Friday, October 17, 2008 at 23:35 
The Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) is a bi-weekly internet publication jointly produced by the Research Centre for East European Studies [Forschungsstelle Osteuropa] at the University of Bremen and the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). It is supported by the Otto Wolff Foundation and the German Association for East European Studies (DGO).
The Digest draws from contributions to the German-language Russlandanalysen, the CSS analytical network Russian and Eurasian Security Network (RES) and the Russian Regional Report.
The Russian Analytical Digest covers political, economic and social developments in Russia and its regions, and looks at Russia 's role in international relations.
Editors: Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines and Hans-Henning Schröder
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This issue of the Russian Analytical Digest examines the impact of the global financial crisis in Russia. It considers Russian economic growth over the past 10 years, followed by a discussion of the current state of the economy with a focus on the industrial sectors affected by the crisis: commodity markets, construction and retailing. The issue also provides statistics and diagrams on financial, economic and social indicators, world commodity prices and includes a Russian popular opinion poll concerning the financial crisis.
by Peter Rutland, Vladimir Popov
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