Alexander Knobel, Senior Researcher at the Gaidar Institute’s International Trade Department, in his study on foreign direct investment (FDI) in EAEU countries, expressed an opinion that external significantly affected the flows and distribution of FDI between EAEU member countries. “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” got acquainted with the expert’s research from issue No. 11(193), 2025 of the analytical review "Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of
Despite the sanctions imposed on the Russian economy, investment activity and FDI inflows remain in the EAEU. And although the volume of mutual FDI between EAEU countries is about 4% of the total FDI entering EAEU countries, their investment activity creates potential for Eurasian integration.
"About 9% of companies from G7 and EU countries left the Russian market in 2022. Large retailers have actively started to leave Russia. Many manufacturing companies decided to leave the Russian market and began to get rid of their production assets," Alexander Knobel noted. The expert emphasized that since 2022 there is a reorientation of part of FDI to other EAEU member states due to