... significantly behind Brazil. The specifics of the Russian legislation, domestic consumers’ low incomes, state-owned companies, and government agencies with their sometimes unorthodox approaches to choosing IT suppliers, difficulties in attracting investments and limited export opportunities for Russian IT firms due to Russia’s international isolation all combine to reduce domestic business opportunities dramatically. As a result, the IDC suggests the Russian IT industry will only grow 3.7% in ...
... example, when it comes to legal harmonization, there is a big problem. Right now, if we are looking for some kind of customs union from BRICS, we are talking about trading investment treaty for BRICS, which can basically cover investment framework and investments that are made by BRICS countries within themselves. That’s difficult to do because each one has a different legal system. Each one has a different political system. Russia is a different democracy, if you think it’s one. India is a different ...
... involvement with the regime. Two prominent Syrian businessmen who landed on the EU’s latest list of sanctioned individuals,
published
on January 21, 2019, are
Nader Qalei
and
Khaled Al-Zubaidi
. The two are leading actors operating in Syria with investments in the construction industry. One of their most significant investments is in the construction of Grand Town, a luxury tourist project. The Syrian government has granted Qalei and Al-Zubaidi a
45-year
agreement for this project in exchange ...
On October 9, 2018, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, gave a briefing to representatives of a number of US investment funds in Moscow (Highfields Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Route One Capital, Xtellus Capital).
On October 9, 2018, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, gave a briefing to representatives of a number of US investment funds in Moscow (Highfields Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Route One Capital, Xtellus Capital).
The briefing touched upon the impact of the new US sanctions on the...
RIAC Policy Brief #15
The development of Eurasian integration is increasingly becoming the subject of various assessments and discussions. The recent publication of Report No. 43 by the Eurasian Development Bank (titled Eurasian Economic Integration), which focuses on the insufficient level of regulatory competition within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), makes it necessary to analyse this phenomenon and the factors that affect it. It also prompts a deeper discussion on whether...
On July 1–3, 2018, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, hosted an annual symposium of the non-profit Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC, Financial Services Volunteer Corps) focusing on the current issues of the world finance, as well as on the relations between the US, China, and Russia in trade and financial spheres.
On July 1–3, 2018, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, hosted an annual symposium of the non-profit Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC,
Financial Services Volunteer Corps
) focusing on...
For Russia, disregarding the actions and agendas of Sinosure would be to cede legitimacy and economic gravity to China’s economic development agenda in the Eurasian heartland
Much speculation has focused on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a threat to the multilateral development bank order, but it is actually the multilateral bank order itself that threatens its own existence. The AIIB is a shadow puppet, it is what you are supposed to look at, but it is not the principal agent...
On March 23, 2018, chief executives and senior managers of international finance companies Shroders and China Investment Corporation visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The following topics were discussed in the course of the meeting with foreign financiers: medium-term prospects for the development of Russia-the U.S. relations and Russia-EU relations, the Eastern vector of Russian foreign policy, including Russian-Chinese relations and the nuclear issue of the DPRK, Russia’s geopolitical...
On February 2, 2018, representatives of Scandinavian investment foundations, banks, and economic consulting companies (Skandia, DNB Markets, Alecta, SEK, Kammarkollegiet, AP3, Afa försäkringar) visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On February 2, 2018, representatives of Scandinavian investment foundations, banks, and economic consulting companies (Skandia, DNB Markets, Alecta, SEK, Kammarkollegiet, AP3, Afa försäkringar) visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The following issues...
... is reasonable to expect that with more business getting familiar with the markets, there will be more interest in investment projects as well.
There are a lot of initiatives, new “funds” but still relatively few examples of direct cross boarder investments in both directions. But the trend is positive, led by SWFs, Chinese energy giants and development banks, all state sponsored actors expand the scope of their bilateral relationships.
The way how the trend of bilateral investment is going to ...
