Ekaterina Zolotova
Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.
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Economic problems accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, and like the viral outbreak itself, they haven’t really gone away. Perhaps none is more talked about than inflation, which naturally becomes an untenable problem when prices grow so high that people are unable to pay for basic necessities. Take, for example, Russia, which had been struggling for years […]
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In our 2019 Annual Forecast, we said we expected Uzbekistan to challenge Kazakhstan as the dominant power in Central Asia. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed any progress toward that end,...
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Why Kazakhstan Blocked Russia’s Joint Sanction Strategy
Last week, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said the states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) were preparing a joint response to Western sanctions. Not so, said Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry...
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