Pfizer Russia chief explains how local unit keeps operating without parent investment
US companies in sectors including energy, aviation and high technology are monitoring the geopolitical situation and waiting for an opportunity to return to the Russian market, Robert Agee, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia), told Izvestia on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
08.06.26US energy and aviation companies eyeing return to Russia, AmCham chief says
US companies in sectors including energy, aviation and high technology are monitoring the geopolitical situation and waiting for an opportunity to return to the Russian market, Robert Agee, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia), told Izvestia on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
03.06.26German companies in Russia have no plans to leave, survey finds
Almost all German companies continuing to operate in Russia intend to remain in the market, according to a survey conducted by the Russian-German Foreign Trade Chamber (AHK Russland) and reported by RBC.
27.05.26Not a single new foreign brand has entered Russia so far this year
No foreign brand has entered the Russian market since the start of 2026, according to a report by consultancy CORE.XP cited by Vedomosti.
27.05.26Foreign firms eye conditions for return to Russia, says industry chief
Foreign companies are enquiring about the criteria for resuming operations in Russia, Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, told RIA Novosti.
21.05.26Foreign investors open first Type-In accounts for Russian securities, ministry says
Foreign investors have opened several new Type-In accounts, designed to give them access to Russian securities, Russia's deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseyev said, according to TASS.
21.05.26Russian courts order Euroclear to pay 17 trillion rubles to Central Bank and Pervaya
Russian courts have ruled against European central securities depository Euroclear in two separate cases, awarding a combined sum equivalent to nearly 17 trillion rubles in favour of the Bank of Russia and asset management company Pervaya.
15.05.26Hundreds of lawsuits target Russian units of foreign firms over frozen assets
Russian plaintiffs have found a way to recover assets frozen abroad under sanctions: sue the foreign company holding those assets in a Russian court, RBC reported. The claims, for example, involve advance payments made by Russian equipment buyers to foreign suppliers before February 2022 — money that was never returned after suppliers both withheld delivery and declined to return prepayments. Article 248.1 of the Russian Arbitration Procedure Code allows such disputes to be litigated domestically, overriding contractual clauses requiring arbitration abroad.
15.05.26Russian authorities weigh softer version of regulation for foreign container shipping companies
Russia may adopt a softer version of a draft presidential decree regulating the operations of foreign container shipping companies in the country, Kommersant reported following an industry working group meeting on April 28 2026, a record of which the newspaper obtained.
14.05.26Western-owned oilfield services groups see profits fall in Russia
Russian subsidiaries of Western oilfield services companies reported declining profits for 2025, according to Kommersant, citing financial disclosures from Schlumberger – the local arm of US group SLB – and Weatherford Russia.
