Foreign Direct Investment of Moscow: Dynamics and Current Trends
https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2025-3-166-188
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristic features of international investment cooperation of Moscow at the current stage of development in the context of sanctions restrictions and growing geopolitical contradictions. To achieve the purpose mentioned above a number of tasks were identified: to assess the capital’s place in authoritative national and international ratings of investment attractiveness; to determine the specific features of the development of the dynamics of Moscow's foreign direct investment flows and to identify the impact of sanctions restrictions and the current geopolitical situation on the activities of foreign businesses. The relevance of the chosen topic is determined by both the growing role of territorial units, including regions of Russia, in conducting international and foreign economic activity, in particular Moscow and its economic entities, and the need to transform the strategy for attracting foreign investment in the current conditions of volatility of external factors. The author used statistical research methods generally accepted for studying foreign economic activity, as well as general scientific methods: comparison, analysis, tabular and graphical methods of presenting results. The author revealed the leading position of Moscow in terms of the volume of attracted FDI among all regions of Russia, formulated characteristic features of the development of international investment cooperation in Moscow at the current stage and proved the investment attractiveness of the capital's economy in the context of sanctions restrictions, for international business.
About the Author
M. A. Shustrov
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maksim A. Shustrov, Post-Graduate Student of the Department of International Business
36 Stremyanny Lane, Moscow, 109992
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Shustrov M.A. Foreign Direct Investment of Moscow: Dynamics and Current Trends. International Trade and Trade Policy. 2025;11(3):166-186. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2025-3-166-188
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