THE PROSPECTS OF RUSSIA'S FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL TRENDS AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS.

The article examines prospects for expanding exports of manufactured goods in Russia's foreign trade and increasing presence of Russian companies on the world markets of goods with high added value. In the paper macroeconomic tendencies, national and regional conditions of foreign economic activity (FEA) are analyzed. The author focuses on the infrastructure and public administration aspects of supporting international trade of the Russian Federation. The article offers short-term, mediumterm and long-term scenarios for the development of Russia's foreign economic activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]