Current state of the bank lending to legal entities in the Russian Federation

This article deals with the current state of bank lending to legal entities in the Russian Federation. The author reveals the main features of this economic sector: the cost and principal of the loan, total lending, the amount of overdue debt, the sectoral structure of banks' loan portfolio. Also, it analyzes comparatively the corporate lending market in 2008-2009-s and 2014-2015-s.