Direct foreign investments in Russia fell 13.2 percent in 2010 against 2009, down to 13.810 billion U.S. dollars, the Russian Statistical Agency (Rosstat) said Friday.
Rosstat said foreign co-owners of Russian companies cut their loans by 28.4 percent to 4.610 billion dollars.
Foreign investors deposited into Russian shares and stocks 344 million dollars, 9 percent lower compared with 2009. Only investments in bonds rose, climbing 37.1 percent to 680 million dollars, Rosstat said.
By the end of 2010, accumulated foreign capital in Russia reached 300.1 billion dollars, up 11.9 percent from 2009. Of that amount, 20.7 percent came from Cyprus which took first place by volume of investments in the Russian economy.
Cypriot was followed by the Netherlands (13.5 percent), Luxembourg (11.7), and China and Germany (9.3 each), Rosstat said./.
The agency also said Russian accumulated investments abroad amounted to 82 billion dollars in 2010.