Russian_Economy

Russian Economy Since the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 there have been a great amount of turmoil, especially in Russia, in the transition to capitalism. There has been a decrease in the standard of living and the economy has failed thus far to create a greater material lifestyle for many people. Yet, in the mist of this economic turbulence there has been a beacon of light. This bright spot in the Russian economy is the oil and gas exports of the county. Since the fall of communism in Russia new trade ways and pipelines have opened with other countries and have increased revenue greatly. Oil exportation has been increasing the past decade in almost all of Russia’s export points (see attached chart), especially to pipelines in Europe. Natural Gas exports are up as well. This increase in business from countries such as Britain, Spain and France has helped this industry grow. However, with this increase in income amidst a time when most businesses have fallen on hard times Capitalism has not been completely beneficial. Russian president Vladimir Putin has continually raised taxes for the oil and gas industry largely because they are been, russian, russia, oil, economy, gas, countries, yet, times, states, soviet, hard, former, economic, businesses, time, taxes, pipelines, much, industry, increase, help, great, fuel, exports, especially, due, capitalism, bright, because, ways, vladimir, union, turmoil, turbulence