Scientific Journal of KubSAU

The author analyzes the current state of the banking system of Russia, highlights the major leaders in the field: Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank and explores their branch network abroad. He concludes that as a result of Russia's accession to the WTO, the influx of foreign capital into the banking sector is activated. Positive expectations for expansion of foreign banking institutions are associated with improving the quality of financial services, the improvement of products and technologies, the inflow of long-term and low-cost resources to enable banks to more actively lend to the economy, increase the availability of bank loans to enterprises and households. However, according to the author, the Russian banking system will need to not only adapt to international standards, but to meet them

The article examines the current trends of export and import of weapons in the world economy. The author comes to the conclusion that the export of military-technical products designed to promote, increase the presence of Vat abroad, build and maintain technological superiority in the production of armaments. Currently, the leader in weapon export is the United States. Russia is confident enough in second place in the export of weapons, followed by Germany and then France, etc. The largest importers of weapons now act in India, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Saudi Arabia

Author of the article examines the current state of the global arms industry in the world and makes it possible to identify the main trends of its development. The modern global financial crisis, which is well-known in almost all regions, led to a reduction in military spend-ing in many countries. Thus, in Western and Central Europe were introduced austerity measures, including military spending. However, the design of the military budget for 2013, the U.S. seeks to maintain the re-quired level of readiness and technical equipment of the armed forces, improvement of the financial situa-tion, housing and other types of support for the mili-tary. The article presents the ranking of countries on military expenses in 2011, and has the appropriate conclusions