RUSSIAN-EUROPEAN INVESTMENTS: DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF SANCTIONS

The paper characterizes the main trends of direct investment from the EU to Russia in connection with the introduction of the EU anti-Russian sanctions. The author analyzes the dynamics of foreign direct investment from European Union countries in the Russian economy, their industry structure. On the basis of the conducted analysis the author comes to the conclusion that in 2014-2016 the existing problems in the investment relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation to a significant extent, are not the direct result of the sanctions. The sanctions only exacerbated tensions that had already formed at the turn of the century