Overview:

Russia Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of Russia. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographic location 10
Key facts 10
Geographical location 11
PESTLE analysis 12
Summary 12
Political analysis 13
Economic analysis 16
Social analysis 20
Technological analysis 23
Legal analysis 26
Environmental analysis 29
Political landscape 32
Summary 32
Evolution 32
Structure and policies 35
Performance 40
Outlook 42
Economic landscape 43
Summary 43
Evolution 43
Structure and policies 45
Performance 47
Outlook 61
Social landscape 62
Summary 62
Evolution 62
Structure and policies 62
Performance 65
Outlook 68
Technological landscape 70
Summary 70
Evolution 70
Structure and policies 70
Performance 71
Outlook 75
Legal landscape 77
Summary 77
Evolution 77
Structure and policies 77
Performance 81
Outlook 82
Environmental landscape 83
Summary 83
Evolution 83
Structure and policies 83
Performance 86
Outlook 87
APPENDIX 88
Ask the analyst 88
Datamonitor consulting 88
Disclaimer 88

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of Russia 11
Figure 2: Unemployment in Russia, 2002–13 17
Figure 3: Russia’s political events timeline 33
Figure 4: Russia – Key political figures 35
Figure 5: Distribution of seats by political parties in the Duma, 2007 38
Figure 6: Evolution of GDP growth in Russia, 1991–2009 45
Figure 7: GDP and GDP growth rate of Russia, 2002–13 48
Figure 8: Sector specific GDP in Russia, 2009 49
Figure 9: Agricultural output in Russia, 2002–09 50
Figure 10: Industrial output in Russia, 2002–09 51
Figure 11: Services output in Russia, 2002–09 52
Figure 12: Current account balance in Russia, 2001–08 54
Figure 13: Russia’s external trade position, 2002–09 55
Figure 14: FDI inflow in Russia, 2002–08 57
Figure 15: Consumer price index (CPI) and CPI-based inflation in Russia, 2002–13 59
Figure 16: Employment in Russia, 2002–13 61
Figure 17: Major religions in Russia 64
Figure 18: Healthcare expenditure in Russia, 2002–13 66
Figure 19: Education expenditure in Russia, 2002–13 68
Figure 20: Growth of fixed and mobile phones in Russia, 2002–13 72
Figure 21: Internet users in Russia, 2002–13 73
Figure 22: R&D expenditure in Russia, 2000–10 75
Figure 23: Carbon dioxide emissions in Russia, 2002–13 87

TABLES
Table 1: Russia – key fundamentals 5
Table 2: Russia – key facts 10
Table 3: Analysis of Russia’s political landscape 13
Table 4: Analysis of Russia’s economic landscape 16
Table 5: Analysis of Russia’s social landscape 20
Table 6: Analysis of Russia’s technology landscape 23
Table 7: Analysis of Russia’s legal landscape 26
Table 8: Analysis of Russia’s environmental landscape 29
Table 9: Mid-year population by age (m) in 2009 63
Table 10: Patents received by Russia – 2000–08 71
Table 11: International environmental treaties signed and ratified by Russia 86