ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ITALY
The authors of the article analyze the economic relations between one of the leading actors on the European continent: the Russian Federation and the Italian Republic in the period from 2006 to 2016. The article considers such parameters of bilateral economic relations as trade cooperation, investments and scientific and technical cooperation, and analyzes how and in what context they have changed during the period under review, which is marked by very important events: the global economic crisis 20 08 and the introduction in 2014 of economic sanctions of the European Union and the Russian Federation in relation to each other. In addition, the authors identify the features and main trends observed in the economic relations between Russia and Italy in the period under review and give their assessment of the prospects for the development of economic relations between the two countries.