Mezzanine financing as an innovative method of financial resources attraction to agro-industrial complexes of Russia

The article considers the mechanism of mezzanine financing as a way to attract additional financial resources to agro-industrial companies. The authors present a detailed description of such financing, including debt and preferred stock parts (the latter may be omitted). It is noted that, as a rule, the mezzanine financing supposes receiving credit resources upon the security of real estate, machinery, equipment, land of agricultural enterprises, but never - cattle. The authors discuss advantages of the mezzanine financing in a situation of scarce state financial support of the Russian agricultural producers for the purposes of import substitution and national food security.