Direct Investment from Russia Abroad: Changes since 2018
Journal: Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Year: 2021

The article considers the specifics of Russian foreign direct investment outflows in 2018-the first half of 2020. Three main reasons for the new stagnation of Russian foreign investment expansion are identified: 1) the strengthening of "sanctions war" with the West after the election of Vladimir Putin for the 4th presidential term; 2) the slowdown in the global economy in 2018-2019 against the background of relatively low prices for hydrocarbons and other raw materials exported from Russia; and