This paper deals with Russia’s marcoeconomic structure. The author analyzes major trends and drivers, major GDP characteristics, changes in GDP structure, production development and structure by type of economic activity.

This paper deals with incomes of Russian population, as well as the issues of inequality an poverty in the country.

The trend towards slower economic dynamics by basic types of economic activity kept progressing in the period of May thru August 2013. With industrial production stagnating at the level of January–August 2012, manufacturing and electric power production contracted by 0.2% and 1.1%...

The results of January-September 2013 point to the continued trend in economic growth slowdown. Within the above period, the industrial production index amounted to 100.1% on January-September 2012, including that of manufacturing industry which was equal to 99.7%. The index of agricultural...

According to the preliminary estimates of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, in 2014 GDP annual growth rates amounted to 100.6% as compared to the previous year. Slowdown of growth rates of the Russian economy is justifi ed by low internal demand. Investments in...

In January–September 2014, the index of physical volumes of GDP amounted to 100.8% on the respective period of 2013. The positive factors behind positive quarterly dynamics of GDP are, fi rstly, the speed-up of growth rates of manufacturing industries to 3.6% year-on-year in October 2014...

In November 2014, investments in capital assets amounted to 95.2%, while in January–November 2014, to 97.2% on the respective index of the previous year. A long-term reduction of the volumes of building jobs may result in a dramatic drop in business activities in the business and investment...

In November 2014, a trend of weak economic dynamics intensifi ed. In November 2014, the industrial production index amounted to 99.6%, including 97.0% in manufacturing as compared to the previous year. Investments in capital assets fell by 4.8% as compared to November 2013; irregularity in fulfi...

In September 2014, the trend of slowdown of economic dynamics by the baseline types of economic activities stopped. Growth in industrial output, manufacturing and mining amounted to 2.8%, 3.6% and 2.4%, respectively, as compared to September 2013. However, the situation is complicated by the...

In the 1st half of 2013, business activity in the Russian economy was determined by weakening of the external demand on goods of the Russian export and moderate growth in domes?? c demand. A decrease in investments in capital assets and stagnation of manufacturing industries had a negative...