The appointment of well-respected former Finance Minister, Alexei Kudrin, as the Deputy Head of the President’s Economic Council has revived hopes that Russia could be set for a new wave of liberalising reforms. However, while there have undoubtedly been substantial improvements in some areas of policymaking in recent years – notably at the central bank – we suspect that the deeper structural measures needed to revive the faltering economy will remain elusive.
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