JAKARTA - Russia has received signals from a number of European companies about their desire to return to the Russian market, said the Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev.
"We do receive signals from many European companies about their desire to return to the Russian market," said Dmitrievyang, who also serves as the Special Representative of the President of Russia for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, as reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Thursday, June 11.
According to Dmitriev, many European companies' businesses have experienced a 30-40% drop in revenue.
"I think the word 'exhaustion' describes this situation well from the perspective of European companies, because they once had a very successful business in Russia," Dmitriev said in an interview with the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung.
Many foreign companies left the Russian market after the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Some of them are now trying to return, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the SaintPetersburg International Economic Forum 2026.
"Russia will welcome their return if, when leaving Russia, they do not leave a mess or behave rudely," Putin said.
Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that various Western companies returning to Russia will not receive special privileges or preferences and must compete on an equal footing.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last year that a special approach would be applied to foreign companies that left the Russian market in an "unscrupulous" way.
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