Traditional April Economic Conference

11:07, April 21, 2015

The leading Russian and international experts in economics spoke about overcoming the crisis in the context of imposed sanctions

According to the experts who spoke at the April Economic Conference, which was held at UrFU on April 17-18, the sanctions are not the reason of the economic crisis in Russia.

         Thus, Sergey Afontsev, MGIMO professor and Doctor of Economics, believes that negative tendencies in Russian economics had been observed at least half a year before the sanctions were imposed, while the growth rate of the world economics for the last three years is more than 3%.

The leading Russian and international experts in economics discussed the ways of overcoming the crisis in the context of imposed sanctions. UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov opened the plenary session: “It is quite obvious that the problem under discussion is topical, for many states are trying to influence Russia by imposing economic sanctions. New conditions provide us with a unique historical chance to ensure broader diversification of Russian economics”.

The main organizers of the top economic forum, which is held in Ekaterinburg on April 17-18, are UrFU Graduate School of Economics and Management and media group “Expert Ural”. Traditionally, co-organizers are National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, New Economic School and Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks (ARETT). This year the conference is also supported by MSU Faculty of Economics.