Infrastructure in a post-COVID-19 economy: has the pandemic affected Russian authorities and private investors’ plans? What will be infrastructure development scenario by 2025? What initiatives will become the milestone projects?

One of the key themes of EEF 2018 is the digital economy. Alexander Galitsky, founder of venture fund Almaz Capital and one of the bestknown entrepreneurs in the Russian IT industry, discusses whether it has become more difficult for Russian companies to break into the international market, the culture of buying innovation in Russia, and why blockchain is the future.

In this report, the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia analyzes levels of innovation activity of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation based on the Ranking of Innovative Regions, with particular attention given to regions that are members of the Association.

This publication by Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism in collaboration with Yandex.Taxi studies digital services penetration in Russia by comparing levels of digitalization in localities of varying degree of urbanization.