🇺🇦 🇪🇺 How is Ukraine adapting its institutions to align with EU membership goals? On May 13, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Nordic Ukraine Forum are hosting a public roundtable at the Stockholm School of Economics, focusing on Ukraine’s path to EU membership hhs.se/en/about-us/ca…

🚗 📉 Is Russia’s shrinking car market a red flag for household finances? 📌 In the latest policy brief, Cecilia Smitt Meyer from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) explores how inflation, sanctions, and low-quality imports are straining consumer demand. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/05/05/rus… #FREEnetwork

In these times of trade war and uncertainty for the global economy, we must remember that the EU is the biggest player on the global trading scene and that united we are very strong. We must also not forget Russia's war of aggression and continue supporting 🇺🇦. Elisabeth Svantesson

EU sanctions against Russia are working and Russia's ability to finance its war is declining - some of the main findings from a new report presented to EU ministers for finance today, by Torbjörn Becker Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Elisabeth Svantesson Read it here: hhs.se/contentassets/…

See presentation of the report ”Financing the Russian Economy”, by Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics with Elisabeth Svantesson and Torbjorn Becker here 1/2 👇 newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/2620…

📢 Join the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) seminar with Georgy Egorov from Kellogg School to discuss his co-authored study: "I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You: Political Info & Network Effects". hhs.se/en/about-us/ca…

🎓 Join us on June 9 at SITE for a seminar with Georgy Egorov (.Northwestern .Kellogg School ) on how fact-checking backfires, hurting a candidate’s support among some, boosting it among others via social networks. Learn more and how to join: hhs.se/en/about-us/ca…

⌛️ Just a few seats left! Join SITE on June 18 for a seminar on sanctioning Russia—strategies, challenges & impact. Plus: Launch of our new Sanctions Web Portal. 📍 Stockholm School of Economics or online via Zoom 🔗 Learn more and register here: hhs.se/en/about-us/ca…

We keep getting asked: Why aren’t #sanctions against russia working? How can evasion be so blatant? Should we just give up? Over the past year, my colleagues and I built a portal to answer these questions, rooted in research, designed to be accessible. Launching Wednesday!

🧊 Could frozen Russian state assets be the key to a long-term funding solution for Ukraine? 📌 Anders Olofsgård from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) (SITE) examines the legal and economic arguments for confiscating Russian state assets frozen in Western democracies. freepolicybriefs.org/2025/06/18/sei…

Check out this amazing conference on #gendergap ! 12-13 sep in Warsaw, deadline jul 15. grape.org.pl/ggaps2025#fiel…

.Dagens Nyheter intressant statistik om rysk järnvägstrafik dn.se/varlden/ryska-…

🗜️ What’s the real cost of Russia’s counter-sanctions strategy? Anna Anisimova from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) traces Russia’s rising fiscal risks and hidden liabilities in her latest policy brief: freepolicybriefs.org/2025/05/12/rus… #FREEnetwork #sanctions #sanctionsrussia

1/7 Nine more global companies exited Russia in May-June 2025 — including H&M, Toshiba, Four Seasons Hotels, and @Voestalpine. That brings the total to 503 full exits since the start of the full-scale invasion. Latest update from KSE Institute 🇺🇦’s leave-russia.org:

Hur mår den ryska ekonomin? Torbjörn Becker förklarar grundligt: svt.se/nyheter/utrike…

De riktigt morgonpigga kunde höra mig i morse prata med P1 morgon om (wait for it…) sanktioner mot Ryssland. Ni andra kan lyssna här: sverigesradio.se/artikel/sa-fun…

Tecken på finanskris kan öka Putins förhandlingsvilja svd.se/a/dR3wKq/tecke…

Is Trump really getting tough on #Russia? He still has a lot to prove on punishing Moscow for its war. He rather seems to be constantly looking for concessions that Ukraine can make to make Putin look good. Torbjörn Becker on Svenska Dagbladet svd.se/a/0V2Xa2/ryssl…