China, Arab Investors Step Up Russia Capital-Market Bets as VTB Sees Bigger Postwar Inflows
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Updated · Devdiscourse · Jun 4
China, Arab Investors Step Up Russia Capital-Market Bets as VTB Sees Bigger Postwar Inflows
3 articles · Updated · Devdiscourse · Jun 4
Summary
Chinese and Arab investors are increasing activity in Russia’s capital markets this year, VTB CEO Andrei Kostin said at the St. Petersburg economic conference.
VTB—the country’s No. 2 bank—said those investors plan to expand further once the Ukraine war ends, pointing to stronger postwar inflows.
Kostin said the shift is filling part of the gap left in Russia’s investment landscape and redirecting foreign interest toward new economic partners.
The comments underscore how Russia’s capital market is increasingly relying on Chinese and Arab money as wartime isolation reshapes its external financing base.