HeyJaredNo Yardstick
A newsletter (mostly) about Russia's domestic politics and political economy. Also available at: www.noyardstick.com
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On budgeting, nationalizations and others (opens the original)
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An update on the budgetsThe federal government’s fiscal plans for 2027-29 and tax package for the next year, which were announced right after the Duma election, confirm several trends in Russian governance. First, defense spending will remain high in the foreseeable future: 27 percent above original 2027 plans adopted in 2025, which predicted a decrease, thus substantially overwriting prior fiscal planning documents. Second
On cost-shifting, the Duma election and others (opens the original)
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Cost-shifting storiesIn a short while I will have a new report out for Delphi GRC about veteran reintegration. I have already written about the topic more extensively both in this newsletter and, last year, for the Foreign Policy Research Institute. However, in the upcoming report I am focusing on cost-shifting, specifically how the internal logic of Russia
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