

It was, however, governed by the Communist Party. Investment has already fallen in 70 percent of regions," Dmitry Kabalinsky, head of the corporate ratings department at Expert RA, said at the "Regions of Russia: perspectives of development and new opportunities" conference, where the index was revealed.Īccording to state statistics agency Rosstat, investment fell 6.3 percent in the first three months of 2015.”ģ) Include in your discussion this graph from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.Ĥ) Browder’s ride to managing over $4.5 billion in Russian investments traversed, according to him, over that country’s transition from “communism to capitalism” (Ch 6, pg 59) during the early 1990’s (specifically 1991-1992, Ch 6), although USSR stood for “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,” not communist. The key reason for the poor investment climate was a lack of support from local authorities, the agency said. Only a few regions are managing to create favorable investment conditions for foreigners, according to an investment attractiveness index presented by Russian ratings agency Expert RA last week.

“Ninety-five percent of Russian regions are unattractive to foreign investors, a study released last week in Moscow found, in a sign that investment is likely to remain sluggish after Russia emerges from a deep recession. 27, 2015) that states, “the economy has slowed…”. Discuss the below excerpt referencing Russia’s investment climate from the Moscow Times (Apr. Aloha and mahalo for visiting our site! Any page or location numbers refer to the iPad edition of “Red Notice”.ġ) First, have you ever been to Russia? If so, what was your impression of its people, places and your experiences? Have you ever conducted business there? If so, explain your experience.Ģ) Bill Browder was founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. West Maui Book Club “Red Notice” Discussion Questions
