Russia » Why Invest?

The combination of the below factors creates a business environment which offers tremendous opportunities for investment in Russia.

• One of the fastest growing economies in the world.
• A large and booming internal market offering attractive growth potential with a population of 145 million and increasing income per capita.
• Low valuations for domestic companies.
• Low level of FDI less competition for deals, allowing (comparative) first mover advantage.
• Opportunity to substantially increase companies’ profitability through transfer of know-how.
• Oil, gas and petrochemicals, scientific and technical areas, defence and conversion industries, machinery, transport, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, agriculture, food processing and distribution all offer tremendous potential for investment.
• Foreign investors can use modernised Russian factories to produce competitively priced goods for world markets.
• Russia has well-educated workforce which is keen to learn new skills, where appropriate.
• Labour is relatively inexpensive. The average wage is a fraction of that  in OECD countries.
• It is no surprise that IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant, is planning to open another 20 outlets in Moscow, adding to its three existing outlets. With 12 million inhabitants, Greater Moscow alone is a vast market and one of the largest cities on the planet.