Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Izryadnova Olga Author-Name-First: Olga Author-Name-Last:Izryadnova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The real sector: factors and trends Abstract: Over the period of January–October 2016, the scale of business activity in the Russian economy was determined by the downward trends displayed by external and domestic demand that had emerged in the course of the previous years. The domestic market was negatively affected by the shrinking vo lumes of construction and investment in construction, as well as retail trade turnover, by 5.0% and 5.3% respectively, relative to the period of January–October 2015. As before, the main growth factors were agricultural production, mineral resources extraction, and pipeline transport indices. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA, Russian Economy Year: 2016 Issue:12 Month: December Pages: 17-21 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-12-801.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-12-801