- United Kingdom: according to an ERNST & YOUNG report, the United Kingdom's share of foreign investments fell from 22% last year to 16% in the first half of 2002. This in a context of almost stability in foreign investments in Europe, with 928 projects for the first half of 2002 against 912 in 2001. For the EU as a whole, the number of projects fell by 15% but fell by 25% in the United Kingdom. - Russia: foreign direct investments (FDIs) in Russia only amounted to $2.63 bn between January and September 2002, down by 9.9% on the same period last year, show figures published by the State Statistic Committee. Last year, they had already fallen to $3.9 bn, against 4.4 bn in 2000. In all, FDI's in Russia remain very weak compared to the sums invested in other transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Germany is Russia's main investor with $6.84 invested over the first nine months of the year. The United States follows, with $5.48 bn (4.1 bn of which in direct investments). Then come Cyprus, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Italy.