RUSSIAN FOREIGN TRADE UNDER WESTERN SANCTIONS
The author analyzes the data of the Russian Federal Customs Service, the Report on the results of the activities of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development for 2017 and the objectives for 2018 in the «Development of foreign trade activity» in the light of the development by the Government of the Russian Federation of a national Program for the development of international cooperation and exports for the period up to 2024. The implementation of this program is complicated by Western sanctions against Russia, which have not only economic reasons, but also largely political.