The annual Davos gathering of the World Economic Forum used to be an occasion where Russia’s always uncertain future was a key topic for debates and investment decisions, but this year it was pointedly ignored. Russia is indeed irrelevant for the main theme of this Forum—the “fourth industrial revolution”, in which information and industrial technologies are blending together—because it has graduated from laggard to loser in this revolution (Moscow Echo, January 22). Russia is also out of place in the “breaking news” sessions focused on China’s economic slowdown and Iran’s coming out of its long isolation (Rbc.ru, January 23). It …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation