ON THE RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

The article analyzes the situation in the banking sector of the Russian Federation in 2015 in the context of a number of indicators of banking system assets, liabilities and finan- cial results. The factors affecting the Russian banking system, the main ones are the reduction of the gross domestic product; maintaining a high level of inflation; limited access to interna- tional financial markets and corporate lending institutions. The article defines the number of profitable and loss-making credit institutions. We consider the activities carried out by the Russian Government in conjunction with the Central Bank to ensure systemic stability of the banking sector and maintaining bank lending priority sectors of the national economy