How to benefit from Russia's new attitude

David Reid, analyst for The Eastern European trust, looks at how investors can take advantage of Russia's new attitude to overseas investors.

For Russia, 2012 is the year for the country to start a new chapter in terms of its sometimes ambivalent relationship to foreign investment. A strong political signal was sent out at the end of last year as Russian finally agreed to join the World Trade Organisation. The 18 year wait to join the WTO has been long enough to emphasise the timing of this move has real meaning. Simply put, Russia is starting to make the necessary steps to fully engage with global commerce.   Attractive targets The first way is to be involved in businesses that make attractive targets for foreign s...