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Alexandra Prokopenko
Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

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Alexandra Prokopenko is a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

In her research, she focuses on Russian government policymaking on economic and financial issues.

From 2017 until early 2022 Alexandra worked at the Central Bank of Russia and at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow. She is a former columnist for Vedomosti. She is a graduate of Moscow State University and holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Manchester.

She was a visiting fellow at the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).


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MA, University of Manchester, BA, Moscow State University

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Can the Digital Ruble Shield Russia From Western Sanctions?

A central bank digital currency could provide Russia with an alternative to the SWIFT international payment system from which it has been cut off, but the digital ruble has a long way to go before it enters mainstream circulation.

· October 17, 2024
In The Media
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Russia’s New Budget is a Blueprint for War, Despite the Cost

An examination of Russia’s new budget.

· October 7, 2024
Financial Times
Unbalancing Act. What the 2025 Budget Says About the Russian Economy

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, and by Alexander Kolyandr, a financial analyst and non-resident senior scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis, to discuss the state budget for 2025/26 and the prospects of the Russian economy in coming years.

In The Media
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25 Years of Putin in Power

As Russian president Vladimir Putin marks 25 years in power, spending to back his war in Ukraine is propping up the economy.

· August 8, 2024
DW News
What’s Driving Russia’s Biggest Property Redistribution in Thirty Years?

In Putin’s Russia, property rights have become casualties of war, with a precarious reliance on personal approval supplanting legal frameworks, foreshadowing potential chaos in a post-Putin era.

· July 31, 2024
In The Media
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Russia’s 650,000 wartime emigres

The authors of the article studied the exodus of Russians following the invasion of Ukraine. They also examined the challenges faced by the Central Bank as it struggles to control inflation.

· July 19, 2024
The Bell
How the Latest Sanctions Will Impact Russia—and the World

The new sanctions package will be extremely painful for the Russian economy, but it’s two years too late to be a gamechanger. In a global context, however, it increases the risk of the fragmentation of the financial system.

· June 20, 2024
What Are the Limits to Russia’s “Yuanization”?

The war in Ukraine has been an enormous gift from Russia to China, boosting the status of the yuan and opening up the Russian market for Chinese companies.

· May 27, 2024
What Impact Will Russia's New Defense Minister Have in Ukraine?

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia, and Dara Massicot, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine and Russia's economic stability following Moscow's government reshuffle.

In The Media
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Putin’s Trip to China May Show US Threats Are Wishful Thinking

They will privately brainstorm options for a sanctions-proof infrastructure before quietly implementing them.

· May 14, 2024
Financial Times