February data on Russian industry demonstrates upward dynamics of the majority of actual indexes and preparedness of businesses to come out of a recession. Demand, output, stocks of finished products, and investment plans – all these indexes seem unexpectedly positive for the outsiders

December data on Russian industry encourages cautious confidence. Upward trend of the actual demand goes with rather hopeful projections of its change, growth of stocks of finished products needed for the onset of economic growth and securing output growth rates to be around zero