Yuri Kofner. Junior economist at the MIWI Institute for Market Integration and Economic Policy. Worked at ifo Institute for Economic Research. Former research assistant at IIASA. Attended advanced studies at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel). Attended advanced studies at the Deutsche Bundesbank. PhD student at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. Studied Department of Applied Economics and Commerce at Moscow State Institute of International Relations.