The Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences № 4/2025. 95^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Leonid B. Vardomskiy

Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Professor, Head of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics of the RAS, Moscow, Russia

ORCID: 0000-0002-9508-5945

 

Natalia V. Kulikova

Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), Head of the Center for Eastern European Studies, Institute of Economics of the RAS, Moscow, Russia

ORCID: 0000-0001-7287-4071

 

Georgy D. Toloraya

Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Professor, Head of Center for Russian Strategy in Asia, Institute of Economics of the RAS, Moscow, Russia

ORCID: 0000-0002-3685-2120

 

Artem A. Yakovlev

Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Leading Researcher, Institute of Economics of the RAS, Moscow, Russia

ORCID: 0009-0004-5579-4458

 

THE COUNTRIES OF THE RUSSIAN NEIGHBOURHOOD BELT IN THE RESEARCH OF THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: HISTORY, METHODOLOGY, RESULTS

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The article was prepared for the 95th Anniversary of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is devoted to the history of country studies (CS) at the Institute and the people who organized and conducted them. Historically, the Institute’s country studies had a mainly practical purpose, aimed at providing the agencies carrying out the foreign policy of the USSR with information on the political, economic and social processes taking place in the countries of the socialist world. In the course of this work, knowledge on the implementation of the socialist doctrine in countries of different social and economic levels was accumulated, which made it possible to develop proposals for the transfer of experience in building socialism and deepening of mutual cooperation. With the collapse of COMECON, and then the USSR, the subject matter and methodology of CS changed. Their content, against the backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty and growing competition, is determined by issues of transformation, regionalization and modernization. While maintaining an applied nature, these studies have acquired scientific and theoretical significance, important for understanding the possible directions of development of the various states in a rapidly changing world. For Russia in this context, neighboring states that have historically closely interacted with it play a special role. The article examines the features of the study of countries included in the European, Asian and post-Soviet segments of the Russian neighborhood belt.

Keywords: USSR, Russia, neighboring countries, geopolitics, geoeconomics, transformation, modernization, connectivity, regionalization, integration.

JEL: F15, O57, P20, P52

EDN: ULMUZY

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_4_33_58

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Manuscript submission date: 15.07.2025

Manuscript acceptance date: 07.08.2025

 

For citation:

Vardomskiy L.B., Kulikova N.V., Toloraya G.D., Yakovlev A.A. The countries of the Russian neighbourhood belt in the research of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences: history, methodology, results // Vestnik Instituta Ekonomiki Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk. 2025. № 4. Pp. 33-58. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_4_33_58 EDN: ULMUZY

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