Russia Welcomes Foreign Investors - Kremlin

Russia welcomes foreign investors to privatize Russian assets, the RIA Novosti quotes Russian President’s Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

“We are interested in [attracting] foreign investors and would be glad to see their interest in acquiring the tendered assets”, he said.

On a meeting of February 1, 2016 President Vladimir Putin gave an assignment to review a list of state-owned companies to be privatized. The meeting was attended by Rosneft, Sovkomflot, Aeroflot, VTB, Bashneft, ALROSA and RZD.

Some companies might be privatized in 2016.