Abstract
Development model based on the export of raw materials and high dependence on external economic conditions are among the main strategic threats to the national security of the Russian Federation in the field of economy. So, a number of states, not without reason, are trying to realize these threats in order to achieve their geopolitical goals by imposing different restrictions, various prohibitions and multiple sanctions. Some results of the analysis of the impact of the anti-Russian sanctions on the Russian foreign trade in 2014-2016 I present in this article. For the sphere of foreign trade, it is shown that the negative impact of prohibitions and sanctions, as well as adverse external and unfavourable internal processes and factors, had a greater impact, first of all, on the fuel and energy, petrochemical and machine-building complexes. The subjects of the Russian Federation with a high concentration of export and import, oil and gas extraction and metal-production were affected stronger than other regions. Along with this, the impact of sanctions and the response of the Russian government are stronger on the export of Russian products than on imports.
Highlights
The geographical structure of foreign trade of the Russian Federation in the conditions of anti-Russian sanctions It is natural to expect that if a country or a group of countries for some reason limits foreign trade relations, scientific, technical, cultural, educational, and other relations with a certain country, the latter will seek to shift to friendly-oriented states and develop relations with them
Its trade and other relations with countries engaged in hostile policies will, by virtue of the actions of the latter, weaken. This is what the economic agents in regions of the Russian Federation have done in the conditions of the anti-Russian sanctions
The currency came from the export of fuel and energy resources and other mineral resources
Summary
The combined effect of these factors contributed to a reduction in the Russian imports both in absolute and relative terms (Tables 1 and 2). The volume of import of fuel and energy products decreased the least. In the last case, the rate of reduction was higher than that of other commodity groups (see Table 1). As a result, their lowest share in total imports in 2001 and. Five regions of the Russian Federation increased import volumes in 2014–2016 These are the Republic of Altay, the Republic of Ingushetia, the Chechen Republic, the Sakhalin Region and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.
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