Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Taganov Boris Author-Name-First: Boris Author-Name-Last:Taganov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: THERE ARE NO PRECONDITIONS FOR THE INVESTMENT GROWTH IN RUSSIA Abstract: In the short term, Russia will have low investment activity both on the part of foreign and domestic investors due to the low quality of the institutional environment and high risks. Analysis of various indices movement demonstrates that so far there are no preconditions for wide scale private investment in Russia. Safeguarding of the total inviolability of property rights represents major precondition for the improvement of the investment climate in Russia. This basic for the civilized societies in the 21st century condition would have improved the investment climate in the country and would have put Russia on the path of long-term economic growth. Classification-JEL: G31, G38 Keywords: Investments, Russian Economy Year: 2016 Issue:7 Month: July Pages: 13-19 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-7-694.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-7-694