Early Dividends:

RUSSIAS INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE

of current investors are with their decision to invest in Russia1

71% 72%

highly satis ed

very con dent

about revenue growth in the next 12 months2
COMPARED TO GLOBALLY

of Russian CEOs are

66%

positively value
the economic policy and legislative changes introduced to improve the investment climate3

of investors

RUSSIAS MARKET FUNDAMENTALS

Middle class has in the last ve years; disposable income

tripled
3

grew 53%
3.4%
GROWTH

$4,850
per head 2008

$7,430
per head 2012

73.8
most populous country worldwide2

GDP

9th

MILLION internet users

5.9%

Retail sales increased by

4.4% 8% INCREASE

Disposable income up

the biggest online services audience in Europe5

10.9%
Low State Debt

$51.4
in Foreign Direct Investment in 20126

BILLION

2.2%

Foreign trade increased by

of higher education graduates in the last 5 years4

largest economy with GDP per capita of $17,709 - highest of any BRIC nation3

6th

POLICY & LEGISLATIVE REFORMS

JANUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 MARCH 2013
MICEX-RTS moved to faster settlement times for trading to Global Settlement Time: T+2

...Combined with

FEBRUARY 2012

JUNE 2012

AUGUST 2012

Ombudsman for Business Rights appointed Joined OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

O cially completes accession into the WTO

Amended anti-corruption law to require unprecedented a rmative anticorruption compliance measures

Opens bond market to foreign investors with Euroclear launch

GROW & ATTRACT INVESTMENT

Sources:
1 Foreign Investment Advisory Council 2 2012 Figures, PwC Doing business and investing in the Russian Federation 2013 3 RDIF 4 RF Federal State Statistics Service 5 Ernst & Young 6 Bank of Russia 7 Russian Federation Ministry of Finance 2012

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