The media reported on the active acquisition of Russian shares by foreign investors

Western investors began actively acquiring Russian shares after negotiations between Russia and USA, awaiting the possible lifting of sanctions. This was reported on February 28 by the agency Bloomberg.

According to him, there is an increase in interest in shares of Rusal aluminum company in the Hong Kong market, which has led to an increase in their value by about 75% this month.

"This year in Vienna, shares of Raiffeisen Bank International AG, an Austrian bank with a Moscow branch, increased by 35%, and in Budapest, shares of OTP Bank Nyrt, which still operates in Russia, increased by 11%," the publication says.

Grigory Marinichev, a partner at the New York-based law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, noted that the growing interest in the Russian market is related to the policy of the new US presidential administration Donald Trump, which creates conditions for Russia's exit from international isolation.

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