The Russian economy continues to lose its attractiveness in the eyes of large transnational businesses as consumers become poorer and the government continues the sanctions war with the West.
The Washington Institute of International Finance (IIF) sharply improved its forecast for the Russian economy. Its experts revised estimates of the fall in GDP in 2020 from minus 4.8% to 3.6%.
Net capital outflow from Russia by the private sector by the end of 2020 increased 2.2 times compared to the same period last year and amounted to $47.8 billion.
The decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Russian Federation in January-September 2020 amounted to about 80%, according to the report of the World Bank (WB).