Russian industry is in a phase of frontal recovery growth, according to statistics and manager surveys. Measures to stimulate government demand, support consumer demand, and wage growth associated with the strain on the labour market have had the desired effect. Such measures are unprecedented in post-Soviet times. Analysts note that the peculiar feature of this crisis is that industry began to recover later than other sectors.

Russian industry is in a phase of frontal recovery growth, according to statistics and surveys of managers. Measures to stimulate government demand, unprecedented in post-Soviet times, support consumer demand and wage growth associated with tension in the labor market, led to the desired effect. The peculiarity of this crisis is that industry began to recover later than other sectors, analysts say.