This episode's guest is Aaron Schwartzbaum, the founder of BMB Russia, an indispensable daily newsletter about Russian political economy. We discussed two recent scandals in Russian political economy: (1) Rosstat's claim that Russia's GDP growth in 2018 was the biggest in the past six years, and (2) the arrest of American investment manager Michael Calvey, who was jailed on Saturday, February 16, for allegedly stealing about 37 million dollars.Follow Aaron on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/aaron_schwaSubscribe the BMB Russia here:https://bearmarketbrief.com/Follow Nick Trickett, BMB Russia's chief editor, on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/ntrickett16Support this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:Ну погоди, episode 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHd3sxpEbo&t=7sОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQ

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