Sources of financing of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia

The article analyzes the main sources of financing of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia: government support, lending, bond loans, factoring, leasing and crowdlanding. The characteristic features, advantages and disadvantages of various methods of attracting borrowed funds are revealed. It is concluded that the attractiveness of bank lending is decreasing and the popularity of alternative methods of financing small and medium-sized businesses is increasing.