[3] In 1957, he graduated from the Odesa Institute of Civil Construction, and in 1963, from the Moscow State University (MSU) Faculty of Economics.

From 1973 to 1989, he headed a laboratory at the Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1978, Yasin led the Department on Economic Reform in the State Commission of the USSR Council of Ministers.

In 1993, he was appointed head of a work group under the chairman of the Government of the RF and actively participated in the development of economic programmes.

Its board members include his daughter Irina Yasina, Igor Klyamkin, Alexander Arkhangelsky, Jochen Wermuth, Dmitry Zimin, Georgy Satarov, Lilia Shevtsova, and others.