Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Mikhail Khromov Author-Name-First:Mikhail Author-Name-Last:Khromov Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Alexey Vedev Author-Name-First:Alexey Author-Name-Last:Vedev Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Development of the Banking Sector in Russia in 2011 Abstract: The financial sphere of Russia was the first sector of the national economy which was affected by the global economic crisis of 2008. Financial markets were hit first and then the banking sector experienced the liquidity problem to be followed by a full-scale economic crisis in Russia. Early in 2011, all the factors pointed to the fact that the banking sector overcame the crisis, and it seemed the upward development began. The banking sector had at its disposal huge available resources for expansion of lending to the non-financial sector. Length: 14 pages Creation-Date: 2012 Revision-Date: 2012 Publication-Status: Published in Russian Economy in 2011, Trends and Outlooks, Issue 33 Classification-JEL: E43, E44, E51, E58, G15, G21, G24 Keywords: Banking sector, Russian economy File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/122Vedev.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:122