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This report presents the Polar Index ratings. Polar Index is a joint project of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) expert center and the Environmental Economics Chair, Lomonosov Moscow State University. The project is aimed at promoting the sustainable development principles in the Russian Arctic.

The Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) has published its Russian oil sector 2023 outlook.

The housing and utilities complex is one of the main infrastructure sectors in Russia, but at the moment there is a number of problems that do not allow for the implementation of a plan to create an effective supply of the population with public services. The study of the Center for Strategic Research is aimed at developing the necessary institutional changes.