Anticipating the crisis: Russian economic prospects / Grigory Yavlinsky -- Russian reforms: the path of modernization or optimization of the existing system / Andrey Ryabov -- The role of oil & gas in the Russian economy / Vladimir Milov -- In search of "Oildorado" ... East Siberia and the Far East: Russia's petroleum frontier / Nina Poussenkova -- Russia-EU relations: the impact of the energy boom / Fyodor Lukyanov -- The de-ecologization of Russia: causes and effects / Alexej Yablokov -- Regional development and big business in Russia's regions / Natalia Zubarevich -- 2008. New alternatives in Russian history / Dmitrij Furman -- The choice of Russia: the lure and the misery of political stability / Maria Gordeyeva -- Regime and rotation: what's next? / Alexei Zudin -- Liberal opposition under authoritarianism / Galina Michaleva -- Afterword / Galina Michaleva, Andrey Ryabov