This paper deals with the issues of public sector status and privatization process in Russia. The authors focus on the share of the public sector in the Russian economy, privatization policy and new legislation on privatization. They also study corporate governance issues

The core events which took place last year and which are related to the issues under consideration are the approval of a new three year privatisation programme for 2014-2016, including corporate control of market transactions associated with Rosneft and Gazprom, as well as the restructuring of...