Moscow Times
Leading British and Russian companies see big opportunities in each other’s countries but are not investing because of a barrage of negative media reports about Russia, according to a new survey.
The survey of about 100 business leaders found that 70 percent of the British participants and 66 percent of the Russians felt optimistic about the business climate in the other side’s country, and more than half of all participants believed the climate had improved over the past five years, according to the Russian-British Business Barometer.
But more than half also said they had no plans to invest in the other side’s country in the next year, according to the survey conducted by Portland, an international strategic communications consultancy, in partnership with the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce.