OREANDA-NEWS. The volume of foreign investments in the economy of Russia in 2006 has made $55,1 billion, or 2,7% more than for 2005, Gazeta.ru informed referring to the Federal Service of State Statistic of Russia. In its turn, the outflow of the foreign investments from Russia in the last year has made $52 billion, or 67% more than for 2005.

The accumulated volume of foreign investments in the economy of Russia by the end of 2006 has made $142,9 billion, having increased by 27.8% as compared with the last year. The accumulated volume of investments from Russia made $14,3 billion in the last year. The volume of paid investments earlier made from Russia to the overseas countries has made $45,2 billion, or 44,5% more than in 2005.