Tatarstan's experience in attracting foreign investors was presented at the Russian Direct Investment Fund
Today Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) together with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation held a meeting with heads of regional investment agencies, ministries and organizations responsible for attracting potential investors in the region.
The event was attended by RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev, Deputy Economic Development Minister Sergey Belyakov, representatives of 53 Russian regions, including Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov.
At the meeting discussed the opportunities and competences for the regions cooperating with the Russian Direct Investment Fund. In addition, during the event was presented a new interactive platform Invest in Russia, which allows Russian regions to give online information about their investment opportunities.
During the meeting also discussed the best practices of the Russian Federation’s regions in cooperation with foreign investors. Tatarstan is one of the recognized leaders in attracting investment and the experience of the region was presented at the meeting as an example of effective work with investors.
Following the meeting, was announced the establishment of the Centre for attracting investments into the Russian regions. Center will focus on gathering information about investment-attractive regional projects available to foreign investors, and will facilitate the implementation of a standardized approach to the provision of investment information, prioritization of investment projects and searching for foreign co-investors.
About Russian Direct Investment Fund
Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) was founded in June 2011 by the initiative of the Russian President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in order to attract foreign investment in leading companies of the fastest growing sectors in the Russian economy.
Management company of the Fund located in Moscow and is a 100% subsidiary of Vnesheconombank. Reserved Capital Fund is $ 10 billion.
Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Press Service