Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Zubov Sergey Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Zubov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russian banking sector in 2020 Abstract: As of end 2020, there were 406 credit institutions in Russia against 442 a year earlier. Over the year, the number of operating credit institutions decreased by 36 (in 2019 – by 42). At the end of the year, he number of banks with a universal license came to 248 (at the beginning of the year – 266), with a basic one - 118 (at the beginning of the year – 136). In 2020, the number of non-bank credit institutions did not change and amounted to 40 (Fig. 65). At the end of the year, there were 379 credit institutions subject to liquidation procedures. Classification-JEL: E41, E51, G28, G21, G24 Keywords: Russian economy, banking sector, profit, capital, corporate loans, retail lending Creation-Date: 2021 Revision-Date: 2021 Length: 15 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2021-1121.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2021 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2021-1121