Regional and industrial restructuring of investment flows as a factor of strengthening the sustainability of the Ural’s economy

The article considers the state of the economy and investment complex of the Urals. It reveals the persistence of the underinvestment in the macroregion economy, which causes the level of depreciation of fixed assets exceeding the average Russian level. The author’s methodology for analyzing the investment activity of the Ural business has been developed, based on a “field” study of changes in the dynamics of the implementation of investment projects in industry and agriculture. A comparative analysis of regional and sectoral restructuring of investment flows has made it possible to identify the main features of the restoration and increase of investment activity in the Urals. The hypothesis about the beginning of an investment cycle based on the accumulation of industrial capital has received well-grounded confirmation.