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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An Attack in Moscow

On the evening of March 22, unidentified armed assailants attacked the Crocus concert hall in Moscow. They entered the building after shooting the security guards and, according to the FSB, proceeded to kill at least 40 more occupants and injure another 140. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reports that the hall caught fire after […]

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The Russian government is working on a plan to introduce a progressive taxation system in order to plug the growing budget gap. Ahead of presidential elections last weekend, Vladimir...

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Some 100 Russian citizens visited North Korea this month, stopping at the capital of Pyongyang before braving the slopes of a nearby ski resort. Also in February, a delegation...

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After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia was in a state of crisis. Its economy slowly recovered thanks in part to an influx of technologies and foreign currency from commodity...

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