Foreign Investment At Record Levels In Russia

October 15, 2007 -- Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov told foreign investors in Moscow today that foreign investment in Russia reached $60.3 billion in the first six months of 2007.

Zubkov, who was speaking at a meeting of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council, said the record amount was almost three times higher than in the first six months of 2006.

The FIAC was set up in 1994 with the aim of improving the investment climate in Russia.

(AFP)