Russia Business Directory
The last years have seen a steady increase in foreign investments in Russia. However, as Cyprus and Luxembourg are topping the statistics, it is no doubt that most of these money are in fact Russian money coming back after passing through Russian offshore companies abroad.
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Where do investments go?
| manufacturing | 27 % |
| wholesale and retail trade; repair etc | 24 % |
| mining and quarrying | 17 % |
| real estate, renting and business activities | 11 % |
| transport and communication | 10 % |
| financial intermediation | 9 % |
| construction | 1 % |
Russian investments abroad
From being a sole recipient of investments, Russia has become one of the largest investors among the countries with the emerging markets. In the 1 Q 2007 Russian investments increased by 16,6% compared to the same period in 2006, and reached USD 11,8 bn, reports the State Statistics Service.
Most of Russian investments went to the USA, Austria, Germany, Great Britain and Cyprus.
Did you know… Russian companies invested abroad about USD 52bn in 2006, almost 70% more than in 2005. Quite a few of these are acquisitions of businesses. |
General information
All investments in Russia - investors and investment projects in Russia (rus), English version is under construction.
Russian Regions by Investment Attractivity - project launched by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia (rus)
Russian Venture Company - Russian government's investment fund, mainly for innovation projects (rus/eng)
Foreign Investment Advisory Council - est. in 2004, standing body with advisory functions, initiated by the Russian Government and a group of foreign investors. Presently, the council includes CEOs from ABB, BASF, BAT, BP, Campofrio, Cargill, The Coca-Cola Company, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, Ford Motor Company, Mars, Metro, Mitsubishi, Nestle, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Renault, Rhodia, Siemens, Shell, Sun Group, Tetra Pak, United Technologies, Unilever, and The World Bank (eng)
Corporate governance in Russia - a non-commercial organization with the purpose to unite investors' efforts aimed at protection of their rights and improvement of the corporate governance in Russia (eng/rus)
Investment News – finance, investment, stock exchange news (eng)
International Finance Corporation - Russia promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries, is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, DC (eng)
Investment guide to Russia - by the Foreign Investment Promotion Centre of the Ministry of Economy of Russia (general in Russian, some information in English), it was updated last time in 2000.
Investments in Russia – news on investments in Russia (eng)
Investment Opportunities in Russia (2000)– the site created with the support of the Russian Federal Commission for Securities Market, is meant to contribute to a complex system of organizational and technical measures to promote investments into the real sector of Russian economy (eng)
Moody's Investor Service - source for credit ratings, research and risk analysis. Registration required (eng)
Oil and Gas Investments in Russia - a comprehensive Deloitte’s overview (eng)
PricewaterhouseCoopers - investment management in Russia (eng)
Russian taxes, investments, business (eng)
Troika Dialog - one of the oldest and largest private investment company in Russia, dealing primarily with security sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, M&A and restructuring advisory services for leading Russian and Western companies.