... secure the custom of the Indian side. New Delhi will expect foreign suppliers to make lucrative offers that involve the transfer of technologies so that it can create its own production base and develop the Indian defence industry.
Oil in Exchange for Investments
Alexander Yermakov:
Griffin and Viper Chase Indian Jackpot
Energy is another source of pride in the Russia–India strategic partnership. In the long term, this could be of even greater benefit that the arms trade. And nuclear energy has been on the agenda of bilateral relations for a long time now. The official
ceremony to mark the commissioning
...
On May 24-25, 2016 an international conference “Russia: The Inside Track” was held in Moscow under the auspices of Sberbank of Russia. The participants discussed prospects for attracting foreign direct and portfolio investments in Russia.
The conference was attended by portfolio managers of major international investment funds from Russia, Europe, USA and Asia. Evgeny Gavrilenkov, RIAC member, Chief Economist and Managing Director of Sberbank CIB investment company, Professor at ...
Interview with Birgit Hansl, Chief Economist at the World Bank for Russia and CIS countries
Russia is passing through difficult times and its growth potential is looming. The World Bank
expects
its GDP to contract by 3.8 percent in 2015 and 0.3 percent in 2016, but swings in oil price will ultimately determine the ...
... the EU. Below, General Director in the Russian Federation of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Russia Oleg Prozorov shares his view of the investment climate in Russia today and the work of foreign companies in our country.
How are foreign investments in Russia changing against the background of the international political crisis?
Reports say that capital is coming back into the Russian Federation.
European investments in the Russian Federation have taken a blow because EU banks (notably the EBRD) stopped ...
... companies. The interview was prepared for publication by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and RIAC correspondent Yaroslav Menshenin.
Alexander, after the geopolitical events of 2014, Dauria Aerospace founder Mikhail Kokorich complained that foreign investments were disappearing. Is this the same for all Russian firms?
Far from all young Russian technology firms have been hit. In 2014, some businesses with Russian origins appear to have raised and closed investment rounds. If the company is hot, investors cannot resist the lure.
The situation is quite ...
... generated an avalanche of gossip, insinuations and spin doctoring. We met with
Arnaud Dubien
, Director of the think tank Observo located at the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to hear about the problems related to Russia business, foreign investments in the Russian economy, the pre-election mood in France and his favorite books.
The Russian media insists that foreign investments are returning to Russia. Do you think that this is true?
The answer is not that easy. The crisis is still present, although it ...
...
To your question, I disagree with relating the phenomena of business and exiting to one another. I think that the issues of coming and going are much more complex due to emotional and spiritual aspects that they involve. Today it is possible to make investments practically anywhere in the world. As for the market, it is quite obvious that Russia is currently facing a crisis, and the market now is noticeably down.
Are there areas of business, in which the risks can be assessed accurately without professional help?
Any crisis is always an opportunity if a person believes that this crisis ...
On March 18, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov attended a meeting held by JPMorgan Chase to speak to the U.S. and European investors operating in the Russian market.
The participants discussed the situation and prevailing trends in Russia’s economy and finances, effects of Western sanctions, ways to settle the Ukrainian crisis, as well as prospects for Russia's economy modernization.
... Bank, 2008.
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. Tat'jana Dejch. Afrika v prioritetah vneshnej politiki Rossii. Moscow: Institut Afriki, 2003. p. 52.
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. Investment from Russia stabilizes after the global crisis. M.: IMEMO. 23 July 2011.
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. Russian Federation: Outward Foreign Direct Investments by Russian Residents, the official web site of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. URL:
http://www.cbr.ru/eng/statistics/print.aspx?file=credit_statistics/inv_out-country_e.htm
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. Lukoil official site URL:
http://www.lukoil.com/static_6_5id_29_....
... the first Russian company not only to enter the U.S. market but also to gain access to the latest technologies used in shale production.
Investment Climate
Photo: vedomosti.ru
Russia-U.S investment cooperation today remains uncertain.
In 2012, direct investments (DI) to the Russian economy totaled $18.6 billion
whereas total investments
amounted to $353.3 billion
. However, the volume of cumulative investments from the U.S. has barely changed since 2005, at around
$7-8.5 billion, of which DI totaled $3-4.5 billion
– ...
