Russia actively courts investment from “friendly” nations like India and China, focusing on sectors like tech, energy, infrastructure (PPPs), and non-Western markets through forums like BRICS and the CIS, targeting growth in specific areas like high-tech manufacturing, aviation, and automotive. Russia’s FDI investment stock is worth about US$326 billion. At the same time, Russia also actively invests in emerging economies throughout the Global South, and particularly in areas that can boost its exports. This section provides expert analysis, market trends, and risk assessment for foreign investors looking to capitalize on the inbound and outbound Russian investment market.
Russia ranks third in its readiness to implement Autonomous Transport (AT) systems among the BRICS, CIS and partner countries, second only to China and the United Arab Emirates and ahead of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Turkiye, according to the latest Kept (ex-KPMG) ratings. For the assessment, Kept’s analysts compared countries with each […]
Sberbank has launched a QR code payment service for Russian nationals in, or visiting Tajikistan, the bank has stated. The roll-out is financially important as it uses QR technology for payment of goods and services, as opposed to bank operated wireless modems. The full functionality of the service will become widely available in 2025. Making […]
Belarus and Russia are working on creating a joint venture to produce electric vehicles, according to the Belarusian National Academy of Science (NAS), who stated “From December 22 to 25, a delegation from the Belarusian NAS, led by Academician and Secretary of the Department of Physical and Technical Sciences Sergei Shcherbakov, is visiting organizations of […]
Russia’s Rosatom Renewable Energy division, formerly known as NovaWind, has signed an investment agreement with Kyrgyzstan to build a 100 MW wind farm in the Issyk-Kul region, the company has said in a press release. Design and survey work and equipment contracting is scheduled to begin in 2025. Rosatom said that this is the first […]
Russian oil companies have finalized numerous oil exploration agreements with Sudan, including industrial and commercial deals. “There are 22 separate (oil) fields in Sudan, more than 70% of which are located in safe areas, in the north, in the east, in Khartoum and north of it. Most are in safe areas, and Russian companies, anmely […]
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Russia’s State-Owned Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced the launch of a strategic alliance within the BRICS to jointly develop Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to Kirill Dmitriev, the RDIF chief executive. RDIF’s government mandate is to make investments in high-growth sectors of the Russian economy, as well as co-invest alongside the world’s largest institutional investors, […]
Russia’s Baltika beer brand, which was sold to its Russian management team for US$320 million in December last year following Carlsberg’s exit from the Russian consumer market, have launched 11 new online stores on popular internet platforms in China, and plans to open a trading house in Shanghai by the end of 2024. Baltika Brewery […]
The geophysical division of TNG-Group, part of the Tatarstan-based oilfield services holding Tagras Holdings, plans to resume operations in India, the company has said following discussions with Oil India, the country’s largest oil producer. TNG-Group and Oil India previously collaborated on the processing and interpretation of seismic data. The geophysical division of Tagras has also […]
Russia’s SIBUR, a major integrated petrochemicals company, is finalizing tests of experimental tires made with synthetic rubber instead of natural rubber in collaboration with its partners and plans to present the results in 2025. Daria Borisova, SIBUR’s Managing Director for Development and Innovation, said that preliminary results from bench, test site and durability tests confirm […]
PJSC Positive Group, the parent company of Russian cybersecurity group Positive Technologies, has signed a distribution agreement with Mideast Communication Systems (MCS), a Cairo-based provider of cybersecurity solutions in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. The partnership will focus on sharing cybersecurity expertise and jointly promoting products and services in the […]
Brazil expects to reach an agreement with Russia’s Rosatom on cooperation in the Brazilian nuclear sector by the end of 2025, according to Alexandre Silveira, the Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister. The two sides have begun negotiations on developing a partnership, utilizing Russian experience and seeking investment for exploring Brazil’s mineral potential. Brazil expects to […]
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