The article analyzes the results of development of railroad transportation in Russia, with an alternative assessment of the sector's material-technical base and a forecast of its development.

The article considers the main stages in the evolution of the Russian financial development institutions in the past decade and a half, models and conditions for their activities, and the main results. The authors analyze features of the current development institutions system as a whole, its...

In this interview the reforms of Russian railroads are discussed and compared with reforms in other industrial nations.

The article examines problems in the development of electricity generation, including its innovation component, and also discusses aspects of a new energy doctrine for Russia.

The article presents data on domestic production of footwear in 1986 and 2010 and examines positive and negative aspects of changes in the domestic footwear industry during that period.

The article assesses the results of OAO Kamaz's operations in 2011. It also discusses plans for development and difficulties that constrain the growth of the region's economic potential. In our opinion, the government should take a more active and effective part in solving these problems.

The article discusses the terms of Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization. It points out that as a result of reduced customs duties for trucks, sales of imported trucks in the Russian market are expected to grow 12-23 percent, and current trends in the auto market will continue: the...

The article considers problems of forest utilization in Irkutsk oblast in the light of managing forest as federal property. General and particular reasons for the crisis situation in the region's forest products sector are identified as well as opportunities for efficient use of state property.

The international automotive industry has a well-developed and complex infrastructure. At the same time, while the automotive industry is one of the key sectors of the economy in some countries, in others it is just developing, and in still others it is in a state of stagnation. The article...

The process of reforming Russia's defense-industrial complex has been under way for more than twenty years now. The article examines the basic features of the current stage of the sector's development, as well as the specific nature of Siberia's defense industry.