Place Russia as the focus of your interests!
Russia is seen as an excellent location for potential investments.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said: “Russia is extremely interested in a major inflow of private, including foreign, investment. This is our strategic choice and strategic approach… It is time we clearly determined the economic sectors where the interest of bolstering Russia’s independence and security call for predominant control by national, including state, capital… While maintaining such control and limitations in some economic sectors, we should create favorable conditions for the inflow of private capital to all the other sectors”.
Karl Johansson CIS Managing partner, Ernst&Young (CIS) coordinator of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council said: "“Russia’s economic growth has been very positive, with incomes increasing annually by 9% and GDP growth over 6% a year over the last five years. The profit margins for foreign business have improved; more than 80% of foreign companies operating in Russia have revenue growth over 10%. Substantial reforms have supported this growth; however, the process of reform needs to continue. We need to create a more favorable investment environment for both foreign and domestic investors. A better environment for investment will define and secure Russia’s future”.
Director A.T. Kearney in Russia Ruslan Korzh remarked that: “As for the political climate, I do not see any barriers to the development of retailing in Russia, both by local and foreign companies. In this respect, retailing is not an industry to rivet attention of bureaucrats. From the political perspective, there are no serious problems while the general stability contributed to the country’s among international retailers”.
So, increasing Russia’s attractiveness for investors largely depends on providing objective information to foreign investors; widely spreading transparent and understandable data related to the conditions of investing into the most profitable and promising sectors of the Russian economy.
There is only one thing we have neglected so far – the open-heartedness and traditional hospitality of the Russian people, the respect they have for guests from abroad, and their other personal and professional qualities which have won the respect and trust of millions of people from all over the world who visit our country every year.
Welcome to Russia! We have enough opportunities for everyone who is looking for them!