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: Russia’s banking sector in 2021 Abstract: At the end of 2021, the Russian banking system boasted of 370 credit institutions. A year earlier, their number constituted 406. During the year, the number of active credit institutions decreased by 36. The number of license revocations amounted to 26, voluntary revocation of licenses — 11. The number of banks with a universal license at the end of the year stood at 232 banks (248 at the beginning of the year), and with a basic license - 103 banks (118 at the beginning of the year). The number of non-bank credit institutions dropped by 5 to 35. Classification-JEL: E41, E51, G28, G21, G24 Keywords: Russian economy, banking sector, profit, capital, corporate loans, retail lending Creation-Date: 2022 Revision-Date: 2022 Length: 15 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2022-1199.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2022 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2022-1199