Foreign Investments and National Security: The Case of Russia

This chapter examines how Western approaches to screening of foreign investments and preventing these investments from having a negative impact on national security as defined by the current regime are mirrored in Russia. This chapter follows the overall structure for chapters presenting national approaches. It pays attention to Russian official understanding of security challenges and the role of foreign investments in this context. It also outlines what formal solutions have been devised in Russia over the past 20 years to address issues related to foreign investments in Russia. Finally, it also assesses the impact of the war in Ukraine on Russia’s economic, political and security relations with the West, and more specifically on the Russian approach to foreign investments viewed through a national security lens.