Russian Enterprises in Spring 2021: What Has Changed during the Covid-19 Pandemic Year

The paper analyzes and comments on the results of a regular survey of Russian enterprises in the real sector, which was conducted by the Institute for National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The assessments of enterprises regarding the quality of the anticrisis policy of the state during the pandemic are presented. The information on the investment activity of Russian enterprises and on the sources of its financing is reflected. The opinions of enterprises on the importance for them of the exchange rate of the ruble against the US dollar and the euro, as well as on the desired dynamics of this rate are presented. The problem of the use of outsourcing by Russian enterprises and the presence of geographically separate subdivisions is investigated. The activity of Russian enterprises on the processing of their waste into secondary raw materials and on their use in primary production is considered.