The rest of this article is organised under the following six headings:
(1) the broadly macroeconomic developments of the Russian economy;
(2) its international experience relating to trade both with the nearer (that is, former Soviet Union (FSU)) and further abroad and capital movements both legal and illegal on market and concessionary terms.
(3) The microeconomic or institutional reform section ranges widely among many aspects of market liberalisation and enterprise reform including specific sectors, finance, taxation, non-compliance and other criminal activity; this leads on to
(4) developments in the labour market, the social sector and the distribution of income and wealth,
(5) followed by political considerations and
(6) a final conclusion relating as much to western policies as that of Russia itself.