As Russia has managed to protect its economy from the impact of sanctions

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the response to the introduction of sanctions limitations with regard to the Russian economy. As the subject of the study were selected import mechanisms, structure and approaches to the implementation of which turned out to be significantly different in relation to the sectors of the Russian economy. Introduction US, EU and its allies of sanctions limitations with regard to the Russian economy was in fact tantamount to the top of these national policies aimed at the economic strangulation of Russia. It should be noted that most of these restrictions have been introduced, bypassing most of the activities of international organizations, and contrary to all norms of international law. The methodology of the study was to justify the illegality of the introduction of sanctions restrictions, assessing their impact on the development of the Russian economy on the basis of statistics of a number of specialized publications, organizations, ministries and departments, as well as the development of measures and mechanisms for their implementation, aimed at protecting the Russian economy from the negative effects sector and financial sanctions restrictions. The effectiveness of mechanisms for import substitution in practice has shown that the reorientation of domestic production in the replacement of imported components and equipment can be carried out in a fairly short period of time, and its results can significantly reduce the technological dependence of the majority of sectors of the Russian economy from the procurement of imported parts and equipment. So, in a number of key sectors of the Russian economy managed with the help of state support to pass quickly enough from the purchase of imported parts and equipment for the production of their domestic counterparts, technological characteristics and quality indicators are not inferior to foreign models. The leading role in achieving these results was the timely development and implementation of the import arrangements in the framework of sectoral strategies and development programs.