OREANDA-NEWS. August 05, 2010. Direct foreign investments in the Russian economy totaled USD 21 bn in 1H2010, Prime-Minister Putin said at a meeting of the government Foreign Investment Supervision Committee. “The inflow of investments in the Russian economy from abroad totaled USD 21 bn in 1H2010.

In general, investment activity indices have been quite favorable this year”, Putin said and added that in June 2010, capex inflow to the Russian economy surged 7.4% y-o-y. “These factors show that businesses are gradually reverting to previous projects and are ready to start new ones”, the prime-minister said.