Russian Enterprises at the End of 2018: Analysis of Global Sustainable Development Goals and Difficulties in Obtaining Bank Loans

Abstract

Abstract—The results of another survey of enterprises conducted by the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences are analyzed and commented on. The opinions of enterprises on which macroeconomic problems of modern Russia pose the greatest difficulties for them and on global sustainable development goals are presented. Data on the activities of enterprises on production greening and resource and energy conservation are given. Estimates of enterprises of their relationships with banks, including loan obtainment, have been provided. Responses of enterprises to the questions on how their activities have been affected by mutual sanctions of the West and Russia are considered once again. Information on enterprises' modernization activities is presented. Enterprises’ estimates of how the real tax burden in the Russian economy is changing are given.