Abstract
As global production is currently fragmented into individual parts through different countries and regions, international trade plays an important role, namely for those subjects that participate in the so-called global value chains (GVCs) the most. Concurrently, many factors influence the form and level by which a country is linked to these production networks. Although Russia is the largest country in the world with a lot of raw materials and developed infrastructure, in order to diversify its economy and trade, participation in GVCs is also important. The aim of this chapter is to depict the Russian trade flows that are recorded in value added, and to determine their geographical location. Thus, the Russian participation in GVCs can shed light on the current Russian position in world trade in a more realistic way than what the traditional concept of international trade represents.
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Fojtíková, L., Jančíková, E., Doleželová, P. (2022). Russian Participation in Global Value Chains. In: Pak, E.V., Krivtsov, A.I., Zagrebelnaya, N.S. (eds) The Handbook of the Arctic. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9250-5_53-1
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