On February 26, 2016, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met a group of portfolio managers and analysts of major international investment funds invited to Moscow by Sberbank.
The delegation included representatives of fixed income and equity operators. The sides exchanged opinions on the status and prospects of Russia’s economy and financial markets, near- and long-term aftereffects of Western sanctions against the Russian financial sector, opportunities and mechanisms for overcoming the crisis in Russia-EU relations, as well as the new geographical priorities ...
... September 2014, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev encouraged Russian businesses to look at the challenges they face as an opportunity. To adapt to the massive changes to the world economy in recent decades by looking east. To build up trust, trade and investment links with China. Soon Russian business leaders may finally be making serious strides in this direction.
... the EU (42.7 per cent), Turkey (7 per cent) and the US (6.6 per cent). Russia, which is rated 6th in the total investment, has only 3.7 per cent, which is roughly the same as committed by international organisations
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. Statistically, the share of Russian investment in Georgia has almost halved during the past decade. Noteworthy is the fact that, according to some exporters, the actual size of Russian capital on the Georgian market is significantly higher, meaning that the official statistics fail to reflect ...
... development around those areas are huge. It is about one of the largest capital expenditure projects in history. These investments will be paid off not in 1-2 years, but in 5-10 or 20 years, that is why it is really important to convince the international investment community that Russia is a relatively safe bet.
Another issue is corruption, which is at the heart of the investment environment. It has been acknowledge many times by President Putin, by former President Medvedev.
Amidst other regional organizations and new initiatives ...
