The restructuring and privatization of the national railway: which model should Russia choose?

Authors

  • Olga Vladimirovna Sokolova Russian Foreign Trade Academy
  • Konstantin Vladimirovich Kholopov Russian Foreign Trade Academy

Keywords:

Structural reform of Russian railways, The restructuring and privatization of the national railways, EU Directive 91/440, experience in reforming the railways in the USA, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, foreign models, restructuring, rail transport

Abstract

The article discusses the issues and problems of structural reform of Russian railways. The restructuring and privatization of the national railways is evaluated through the prism of similar processes occurring in North America, the European Union and the countries of the Customs Union. Th e basic models of the structural reforms of rail transport abroad are given. The authors analyze the international experience with the restructuring and privatization of the national railways and assess some of the results of structural reforms of Russian railways.

Author Biographies

Olga Vladimirovna Sokolova, Russian Foreign Trade Academy

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor
Place of work, post: Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Department of Finance, Monetary and Credit Relations, Professor

Konstantin Vladimirovich Kholopov, Russian Foreign Trade Academy

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor
Place of work, post: Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Department of foreign trade and international transactions, Head of the Department

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Published

2024-02-08

How to Cite

Sokolova, O. V., & Kholopov, K. V. (2024). The restructuring and privatization of the national railway: which model should Russia choose?. Russian Foreign Economic Journal, (3), 59–74. Retrieved from https://journal.vavt.ru/rfej/article/view/1299

Issue

No. 3 (2013)

Section

Транспорт