Capital Investment in Russia in Q1 2013

In January thru May 2013 capital investments in real terms stood at 99.6% on a year-on-year basis. An uptrend in corporate own funds and federal budget funds was boosted in the structure of sources of investment financing. In Q1 2013, investments dropped in real terms on a year-on-year basis by 11.4% in the extractive industries, 13.9% in the production and distribution of electric power, gas and water, and 19.1% in transport sector. The preceding-year uptrend in investments remained unchanged in manufacturing industry, but output declined due to ineffective usage of investments