Foreign direct investment in the Russian economy fell 11 percent to $5.423 billion in January-June 2010, year-on-year, while foreign investment edged down 5.5 percent to $30.384 billion, the Federal Statistics Service said on Thursday.
"By the end of June 2010, the accumulated foreign capital in the Russian economy amounted to $262.6 billion, or 8.3 percent more than in the same period last year. The bulk of the accumulated foreign capital, or 55.2 percent, was other investment made on a returnable basis (as of the end of June 2009, 56 percent), the share of direct investment amounted to 40.6 percent (39.2 percent) and portfolio investment to 4.2 percent (4.8 percent)," the statistics service said in a statement.
Matured foreign investment rose 1.6 percent to $32.3 billion in the first half of 2010, year-on-year, it said.
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (RIA Novosti)
