About some issues of taxation of the extractive industry

The article notes that the complex nature of operations in the extractive sector, various price distortions and other factors, as well as limited access and irregularity in the quality of economic information create a situation where the question of the actual macroeconomic significance of the extractive sector in Russia is not trivial. During the analysis of the current situation, the author made several attempts to quantify various aspects of the role of the extractive sector in the development of the state economy.