After Riyadh: Russia is expected to return US companies in 2025-Reuters

On February 18, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Central Investment Kirill Dmitriev told reporters after the meeting of the US and the Russian Federation delegations in Saudi Arabia, the Director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, writes Reuters. Journalists noted that from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 2022, many Western companies, such as McDonald's, Caterpillar, and more. Some of them sold their assets with high discounts.

US President Donald Trump changed his country's policy on relations with Russia when he ordered negotiations with the Kremlin without Ukraine and European leaders and spoke of a decrease in oil prices, the main exporter of which is the Russian Federation. The head of the Russian direct investment fund Kirill Dmitriev stated that he was expecting to return a number of US companies to Russia in the second quarter of this year.

"However, the return process for US companies will be not easy, since many niches are already busy," he added. Dmitriev showed Reuters journalists, which have lost $ 324 billion after leaving the Russian market. In particular, the losses of $ 123 billion have suffered an IT and media industry, 94 billion - health care and consumer sector, 71 billion - the financial sector.

According to Reuters, in March 2024, Western companies suffered losses totaling $ 107 billion due to the write -off and loss of income. Kirill Dmitriev also expressed his hope for the future return of US oil companies that had "very successful business in Russia".

It should be noted that on February 12, the media reported that Kirill Dmitriev may be a messenger of the President of the Russian Federation in negotiations with the United States, because he is a close associate of Vladimir Putin and has close ties with the dictator family.

We will remind, on February 19, the media reported Cyril Dmitriev before the US and Russian official negotiations in Erri that the Russian delegation offered economic benefits and investments instead of concessions about Ukraine in a future peace agreement.