Spectacular hike in fdi in Russia - Foreign direct investment (fdi) in Russia doubled last year to US$27.8 billion, according to figures released by the Russian federal statistics office. This spectacular rise in the pulling power of the Russian economy is confirmed by figures released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which uses different categories and suggests that fdi in Russia totalled €48.9 billion in 2007. This is the first time that fdi in Russia...