Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Natalia Karlova Author-Name-First: Natalia Author-Name-Last: Karlova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Natalia Shagaida Author-Name-First: Natalia Author-Name-Last: Shagaida Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Vasily Uzun Author-Name-First: Vasily Author-Name-Last: Uzun Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Renata Yanbykh Author-Name-First: Renata Author-Name-Last: Yanbykh Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russian Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in 2012 Abstract: At present about 4% of Russia’s GDP is generated in agriculture; however, the sector still accounts for 9.7% of the total number of employed in domestic economy with 26% of the country’s population living in rural areas. The latter indicator has remained actually unchanged throughout the 10 recent years. Length: 33 pages Creation-Date: 2013 Revision-Date: 2013 Publication-Status: Published Paper Series Classification-JEL: Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17, Q18 Keywords: Russian economy, agriculture, food market, agricultural policy, Russia's accession to WTO File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/159Karlova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2013 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:159