Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Olga Izriadnova Author-Name-First: Olga Author-Name-Last: Izriadnova Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Ekaterina Astafieva Author-Name-First: Ekaterina Author-Name-Last: Astafieva Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russia’s Domestic and Foreign Investments in 2009 Abstract: This paper deals with the issue of investments in the Russian real sector of the economy. Slowdown in the economic activity has resulted in a new situation in the investment sector. Through 2008 a gradual downward trend in the investment growth was observed which coupled with the global financial crisis and from November 2008 was followed by a drastic turning point in behavior: for the first time since 2000 the investment upturn trend got to the negative territory. Length: 21 pages Creation-Date: 2010 Revision-Date: 2012 Publication-Status: Published in Russian Economy in 2009, Trends and Outlooks, issue 31, volume 1 Classification-JEL: F34, G24 Keywords: Russia's real sector, Russian economy, foreign investment, domestic investment File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/111Izriadnova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:111