Expert RA: the investment potential of 25% of Russian regions has decreased in 2022
Large-scale international sanctions imposed by Western countries against Russia led to a decrease in the investment attractiveness of a quarter of the regions of the Russian Federation at the end of 2022. About it reports RBC with reference to the results of a study by analysts of the Expert RA rating agency.
The average value of the index of investment potential of Russian regions last year decreased to 0.58 points from 0.61 in 2020-2021. When issuing the final assessment, a number of factors were taken into account, including the level of infrastructure provision and the degree of social development (availability of a sufficient number of qualified personnel – approx. “Tapes.ru”).
According to the results of the study, a total of 45 Russian regions were in group B with a ranking from medium to moderately low levels of investment attractiveness. Experts classified 15 subjects into category C (low level). At the same time, the sanctions had an impact mainly on the business climate of the western border regions. Taking into account the restrictions imposed and the continuation of hostilities in Ukraine, investment investments there have recently become more risky, analysts concluded.
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Group C at the end of 2022 included Adygea, Ingushetia, as well as a number of national republics of the North Caucasus and Siberia. Investment attractiveness also worsened in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh and Kursk regions. Experts linked this dynamic to a number of factors, including limited air travel and difficulties in supply chains. In the medium term, economic transformation will continue to put pressure on the investment potential of Russian regions, Expert RA concluded.
Earlier, RosExpert analysts presented the results of a study according to which the personnel shortage has become the main challenge for Russian business. At the same time, the risks of a shortage of qualified labor will remain in the country in the next few years. Representatives of company top management also identified growing geopolitical tensions, changing competition, restructuring of supply chains and the task of forced entry into new market segments as the biggest challenges.
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