Problems of development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation

• Рахманова Марина Сергеевна

  M. S. Rakhmanova. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service. Vladivostok. Russia

In the Russian Federation, the development of small and medium-sized businesses is given great importance, since small and medium-sized businesses undoubtedly play an important role in the economy of our country, because thanks to their clear and purposeful
actions, jobs are created, new technologies are introduced, with all this, the peculiarities of the territory are necessarily taken into account in order to implement their activities in those territorial areas that will bring a significant part of income. However, new challenges of the external environment can negatively affect the activities of small and medium-sized businesses. First of all, the small and medium-sized business sector
suffered against the background of the coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in the creation and impact of the economic crisis, the closure of both external and internal markets. In addition, there are a number of administrative and economic problems that negatively affect the development of small and medium-sized businesses, and sometimes even lead to their bankruptcy. The article provides a brief analysis of the state of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia, analyzes the main economic indicators of their activities, which showed that today there are still unresolved problems that hinder the full development of small and medium-sized businesses. Understanding the prospects
and trends of small business development, as well as solving problems that limit their development, is important.
Keywords: small and medium-sized businesses, economic performance indicators, individual
entrepreneurs, problems of small and medium-sized businesses.