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.
Will provide APAC steelmakers with coal from the world’s largest deposits Dmitry Demeshin, the acting governor of Khabarovsk has said that financing for the construction of the Elga port in the region has nearly reached its ₽150 billion (US$1.7 billion) target. The port is mainly intended for the export of coal from the Elginsky deposit […]
Cyprus loses a major Russian client to Kazakhstan’s fiscal gain as Western exits increase The Russian chain of low cost retailers, Fix Price has redomiciled its corporate PLC entity from Cyprus to the Astana International Financial Centre in Kazakhstan. Fix Price operate over 6,500 retail stores worldwide, with 2023 revenues of ₽291.9 billion (US$3.3 billion) […]
Logistics terminals in Bilibino and Arkhangelsk, each with the capacity to handle 36,000 tonnes of cargo per annum, will be build by Russia’s Promstroyarktik LLC , according to the Chukotka’s governor’s office. The project will be carried out with the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) under the Arctic Free Trade Zone, which offers […]
Update: June 23 Niger, in West Africa, has just withdrawn the operating licence for France’s Oranco uranium mine in the country. France is heavily reliant on the mine to support its own nuclear energy programme. Niger is likely to redirect this facility to Russia, and if as expected it does so, will signal another trend […]
The Financial Times has published an article describing a key meeting between the Ukrainian Finance Ministry and Officials attending the Peace Conference held over the weekend in Lucerne, Switzerland. The newspaper reported that Ukraine had asked for its official bondholders to take a 60% haircut on foreign exchange bonds due in August of US$20 billion. […]
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Stabilising the situation in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, requires fundamentally new approaches to relations with this country. It is necessary to ease the military-political tension along such an extensive border, which is also crucial for Russia’s positions in the region, according to AsiaIs, a website devoted to Russia-Asia political analysis. Afghanistan shares the longest […]
Sergey Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister has said that Iran would benefit if it joined New Development Bank established by the BRICS countries. Speaking at the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, he said that “In order for Iran’s entry into BRICS to face the least difficulties, it is necessary to take a number […]
The St.Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2024 has now finished, attracting guests from 139 countries. Investment deals worth US$71 billion were signed, as Russian companies look to invest in alternative markets as its economy moves away from Europe. In this article we highlight some of the larger investment deals that Russian investors made to instigate […]
India’s Cadila Pharmaceuticals, one of the countries largest, together with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have agreed to jointly finance a new manufacturing facility in Russia, with a total investment of ₽10 billion (US$113 million). The agreement comes after numerous Western pharmaceutical companies withdrew from Russia under their governments pressure. Russia’s civilian pharmaceutical needs […]
Russia’s FinInvest, which recently became a resident of the Mikhailovsky Priority Development Territory (ASEZ), will build the largest dry port in the Far East, which will be able to handle up to 1 million containers per year. The ASEZ includes land plots totaling more than 822 hectares in Artyom and Arsenyev cities, as well as […]
Russia is now planning reconstruction of industrial sites in the Donbass following moves into the area after previous heavy fighting. These plans are rarely, if ever, reported in Western media. However, assessments and reconstruction plans are being carried out throughout the Donbass region, according to Denis Pushilin, the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic. In […]
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