Resident Representative Office in the Russian Federation

Neven Mates, Resident Representative
Tel: +7 (095) 705 9200
Fax: +7 (095) 705 9136

Welcome to the website of the IMF Resident Representative Office in Russia. This site page provides information on the activities of the Office and relations between Russia and the IMF, in both English and Russian. Additional information can be found on the main country page, Russia and the IMF, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Russia.

Latest IMF material on the Russian Federation:

May 08, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Masood Ahmed, Director, External Relations Department

April 09, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, on the Spring 2008 World Economic Outlook

March 30, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Quota and Voice Reform

January 30, 2008 -- Press Briefing by Jaime Caruana, Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

January 29, 2008 -- Financial Market Update:
Global financial market conditions have worsened since the publication of the October 2007 Global Financial Stability Report as the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis widens. What began as a test of the structured credit markets and the associated funding needs has reached a new phase where credit concerns now extend beyond the subprime sector.
Text also available in: عربي; 中文; Español; Français; 日本語; русский.
Charts (pdf file in English only)

...more on the IMF and the Russian Federation

Analytical notes:

Measuring the Performance of Fiscal Policy in Russia
by Antonio Spilimbergo
December 1, 2005

Russia's Regions: Income Volatility, Labor Mobility and Fiscal Policy
Goohoon Kwon and Antonio Spilimbergo
September 1, 2005

Haircuts: Estimating Investor Losses in Sovereign Debt Restructurings, 1998-2005
by Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
July 1, 2005

Money Demand and Inflation in Dollarized Economies: The Case of Russia
by Nienke Oomes and Franziska Ohnsorge
July 1, 2005

Reforming the Russian Budget System: A Move to More Devolved Budget Management?
by Jack Diamond
May 1, 2005

Budgetary Impact of Oil Prices in Russia
by Goohoon Kwon
August 1, 2003

Russia - Advantages in Reducing the Unified Social Tax Rather than the Value Added Tax
by Mark Lewis
July 8, 2003

Financial Sector Reform in Russia: Recent Experience, Priorities, and Impact on Economic Growth and Stability
by Geoffrey Barnard and Poul M. Thomsen
December 18, 2002

Russia: Trends in Net Private Capital Flows
November 14, 2002

Other material:

Presentation on Macroeconomic Policies for Maintaining Growth and Financial Stability
At the Higher School of Economics
by David Owen, Assistant Director, European Department, IMF
Moscow, Russia
April 7, 2004

Press Statement, IMF Resident Representative
October 10, 2003

Address on Globalization
At the Seventh St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
by Anne O. Krueger, IMF First Deputy Managing Director
Tavricheskii Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
June 18, 2003

Russia's rebound: will it last?
Interview with John Odling-Smee, Director, European II Department, IMF (pdf file, 598 kb)
IMF Survey
March 17, 2003

Letter to Vedomosti
By Poul M. Thomsen, IMF Senior Resident Representative
Vedomosti
March 14, 2003

Tax Reform: Not a Panacea
By Poul M. Thomsen, IMF Senior Resident Representative
Vedomosti
March 3, 2003

Restoring Confidence to the Global Economy
Horst Köhler, IMF Managing Director,
Kommersant
November 6, 2002

Interview of the Head of the Moscow Office,
Poul M. Thomsen, IMF Senior Resident Representative in Moscow,
The Moscow News
August 23, 2002

Putin at Mid-Term: Where Should Economic Reforms Go From Here?
John Odling-Smee, Director, European II Department, IMF and Poul M. Thomsen, IMF Senior Resident Representative in Moscow
Vedomosti
April 15, 2002