Slowing renewal of fixed assets - threat to economic security

In conditions of economic instability, the problem of depreciation and renewal of fixed assets attracts special attention of economists. The article analyzes fixed assets from 2015 to 2019 at full book value, structure by type of economic activity at the end of 2019 and rates of disposal and renewal of fixed assets for 2015-2019. The dynamics of the depreciation of fixed assets for the period 2015-2019 and commissioning of fixed assets in the Russian Federation for 1999-2019 ware shown. It is concluded that the obsolescence of fixed assets may pose a threat to the country's economic security. Since it is completely impossible to return the invested investment due to amortization, this makes it necessary to direct funds from profit for simple reproduction and attract funds from external sources.