Russia’s Participation in the Globalization of Banking Regulation and Supervision and its Interests in an Economic Growth Strategy

Abstract

The global 2008–2009 crisis revealed vulnerability of banks to crisis shocks and stimulated the introduction of global banking regulation and supervision. The subject of study is investigation of Russia’s participation in the globalization of banking regulation and supervision and increased role of banks in modernization of Russia’s social and economic development. The purpose of work is to answer the question on how to combine the need to introduce global Basel standards with national interests in the context of a new economic growth strategy. As a result of the study based on the positive assessment by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BKBN) of the compliance of Russian regulatory framework and banking legislation with global Basel standards, it is concluded that in coordination with the Basel Committee it is advisable to expand the Bank of Russia practice of compensation measures to ease the Basel III rigid requirements to increase banks’ role in the modernization of social and economic development of the country.