Russian capital investment dynamics as an economic transformation factor

By comparing Russian and American capital investment programs according to gross and per capita indexes, this article analyzes capital investment’s long-term dynamics in economic activities in general and manufacturing in particular. Results showed that Russian economic growth’s quality, determined by its 2000 capital investment structure did not correspond with the national economy’s long-term development aims. Moreover, investment activity’s current fading appears consequent to that period’s inappropriate investment politics. The existing Russian investment system aims to incorporate its economy into the global economy as a supplier of natural and, partly, agricultural resources, thus dooming manufacturing to stagnation at best. The authors reveal that activation of industrial politics, established on a fundamental power-of-the-state approach in the investment process, based on long-term strategic interests and the potential of market forces (namely, efficiency use of resources) allows launching large-scale investment projects to provide favorable conditions for creating an innovative national economy.