Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Michael Khromov Author-Name-First: Michael Author-Name-Last: Khromov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russian Banking Sector Abstract: In November of this year the rate of individual savings in bank deposits has significantly increased. However, neither this fact, nor the continued active government support to the banks failed to prevent the slowdown of lending to both, individuals and corporate borrowers. Also, the banking sector continued to act as a channel of capital outflow from the country, despite the fact that monetary authorities are still the major lender of credit institutions. Classification-JEL: E21, E41, E51, E58, G21 Keywords: Economic Legislation Year: 2013 Issue: 1 Month: January Pages: 57-59 Journal:Russian Economic Developments File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/57Khromov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:57