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Digest #GUUTalks: Kanye West Concert, Real Estate Market, Financial Support, Transport, and Economic Growth

Digest #GUUTalks: Kanye West Concert, Real Estate Market, Financial Support, Transport, and Economic Growth

Published on: 2026-08-22

Source: Official website of the State –

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In the new digest, a selection of vivid comments from GUU experts over the past week.

— Dmitry Bryukhanov, Vice-Rector, spoke about the in-demand fields at GUU: “In the first position we have ‘State Municipal Management’, followed by ‘Innovation’ with two specializations.”

— Galina Sorokina, director of the Institute of Economics and Finance, gave a comment on the “Signals of Exact Time” program on “Radio Russia”.

— Olga Astafyeva, head of the Department of Economics and Management in Construction, assessed the situation in the road construction equipment market and the housing market:
“The high key interest rate affects the reduction in shipments of domestic DST. The number of leasing transactions in 2026 may decrease by 45%.”
“On average across the country, 26–28% of apartments in buildings under construction remain unsold. In regions with weak infrastructure, a price decrease of up to 5% is possible, while megacities will withstand sharp fluctuations.”

— Svetlana Grishaeva, Associate Professor of the Department of Management in International Business and Tourism Industry, gave advice on financial support for loved ones: “It is important to understand the reasons for providing assistance and honestly answer yourself the question: where the financial investments are going and how effective they are in terms of maintaining and developing healthy family relationships.”

— Elena Krasnenkova, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Law and Legal Support of Management, analyzed the case of vehicle confiscation under Article 264.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

— Artem Merenkov, Associate Professor of the Department of Logistics and Transport-Technological Systems, spoke about the impact of transportation on the economy: “It is about the increase in passenger traffic, acceleration of transport correspondences, expansion of conditions for business… All this can ensure economic growth of about 20-30%.” ()

— Svetlana Sazanova, associate professor of the Department of Institutional Economics, calculated the cost of Muscovites’ trips to Kanye West’s concert in Saint Petersburg: the minimum budget is 20,000 rubles, the maximum is 253,000 rubles.

— Marina Polyakova, senior lecturer of the Department of State and Municipal Administration, told about the history of the “Veteran of Labor” status in an article in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta.”

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