OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2011. In line with tentative data, the volume of direct foreign investments in the Russian economy dropped 33% last year, vice PM and finance minister, Alexei Kudrin said at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum.

“Based on preliminary estimations, direct foreign investments totaled USD 12-14 bn. This is too little”, he said and added that the value had at times reached USD 27 bn in better years.