|   | | | | SITE October 2025 Newsletter
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| | | | In this October edition of the SITE Newsletter, we share event highlights and timely commentary from SITE experts on Russia's tightening fuel market, sanctions exposure, and the broader repercussions of the war - we also have some great news we would like to share regarding SITE's future. We then flag upcoming SITE and FREE Network events, including SITE's annual Development Day conference and the FREECE workshop. | |
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| | ANNOUNCEMENT |
 | Photo of SITE's partners together with Finn Rausing (Chairman of SITE), Benjamin Dousa (Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade), & Torbjörn Becker (Director of SITE). Photo: Dominick Nilsson
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| | New funding secures SITE's research-based policy efforts |
| | A new Memorandum of Understanding between the Swedish government and leading Swedish companies secures long‑term funding for the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), reinforcing Sweden's support for research‑based policy and institution‑building across Eastern Europe. |
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| EVENT HIGHLIGHT
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 | | Photo of Svitlana Zalishchuk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden. Photo: Dominick Nilsson |
| | Sweden-Ukraine business summit hosted at SSE |
| | On October 14, 2025, the Swedish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia (SUCC), the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), and JSC Oschadbank (Ukraine) hosted an invitation-only Swedish–Ukrainian Business Conference 'Strategic partnership for recovery and growth' at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). |
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| EVENT HIGHLIGHT
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 | | Photo of Margot Wallström, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Former Vice-President of the European Commission. Photo: Dominick Nilsson |
| | Panel discussion on 'Clearing the path to Ukraine's recovery' |
| | On October 15, 2025, the Swedish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted 'Clearing the Path to Recovery: The Economics of Humanitarian Demining and Ukraine's Reconstruction' at SSE. |
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| | BOOK LAUNCH |
 | | Photo of Torbjörn Becker and Anders Åslund. Photo: Dominick Nilsson |
| Highlights from the book launch with Anders Åslund
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| | On October 7, 2025, SITE hosted economist Anders Åslund at SSE for the launch of his new book 'Sovjet – som det verkligen var (Soviet – As It Really Was)'. |
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| | | | "SEB in partnership with a criticised bank – supported Putin's war chest" / "SEB i samarbete med kritiserad bank – stöttade Putins krigskassa" (EkonomiKanalen, EFN) | |
| | | | "Severe petrol crisis in Russia after Ukrainian drone attacks"/ "Allvarlig bensinkris i Ryssland efter ukrainska drönarattacker" (yle) | |
| | | | "Sanctions blow – faces US blacklisting: ‘You don't want that'" / "Sanktionssmockan – riskerar svartlistas av USA: "Det vill man inte"" (Dagens industri)
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| | | | "Defence maths shows: "Europe is aiming too high"" / "Försvarsmatematiken visar: "Europa siktar för högt"" (Dagens industri) | |
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| | | | Nov 3 | SITE Seminar with Pamela Campa | |
| | | | Nov 4 | SITE Seminar with Mounir Karadja | |
| | | | Nov 12 | HROMADA Conference 2025 | |
| | | | Nov 18 | SITE Seminar with Shon Ferguson | |
| | | | Nov 26 | SITE Seminar with Christian Ochsner | |
| | | | Nov 28 | FREECE 2025 Workshop | |
| | | | Dec 5 | SITE 2025 Development Day Conference | |
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