On Friday, Vladimir Putin ordered his government to prepare for the return of Western companies to Russia – wrote the portal of the British daily Financial Times. This is a signal of a potential revival of business relations against the background of rapprochement between the US and Russia.
Putin said that he would like Russian companies as part of “compensation” for Western sanctions to have a “certain advantage” over “those that return to the” Russian market “.
Reaction to Russian aggression
According to estimates of the Kiev economic school from the assault Russia on Ukraine In 2022, 472 foreign companies left the Russian market, and 1360 limited their presence.
Sources acquainted with the case reported “FT” that a group of American companies expressed a preliminary interest in resuming the Russian market, but none of them has taken active actions yet to go back there.
Economic cooperation was one of the topics of Tuesday's talks of the delegation USA and Russia in Riyadh. The head of the Russian Fund of Direct Investment (RFPI) Kiriłł Dmitryjew said that they expected that many American companies will resume their activities in Russia in the second quarter of this year.
Source of the main photo: PAP / EPA / GAVRIIL GRIGOROV / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool