Prof. Dr. Michael Rochlitz was invited to join Dr. Fabian Burkhardt (IOS Regensburg) on the Roundtable Osteuropa Podcast by the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS). The topic of the episode was “30 Post-Soviet years: Economic policy and regime stability in Belarus and Russia”.
The discussion was moderated by Dr. Julia Langbein (ZOiS). Fabian Burkhardt and Michael Rochlitz discussed how Belarus and Russia took divergent paths in terms of market transition after the collapse of the Soviet Union, why the problem of secure property rights is still very much present in the two countries, and how political repression affects economic performance in both countries. The episode of the podcast can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.zois-berlin.de/podcast-roundtable-osteuropa/archiv-2021/30postsovietyears-wirtschaftspolitik-und-regimestabilitaet-einsichten-aus-belarus-und-russland