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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">10745</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject></subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Russian Capital in Latvia: Trends and Perspectives</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Российский капитал в Латвии: тенденции и перспективы</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Volgina</surname><given-names>N A</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волгина</surname><given-names>Наталья Анатольевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Department of International Economic Relations</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">Кафедра международных экономических отношений</bio><email>nat_volgina@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2015-02-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>02</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">70-летие победы в Великой Отечественной войне</issue-title><fpage>126</fpage><lpage>134</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2016-09-09"><day>09</day><month>09</month><year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2015, Volgina N.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2015, Волгина Н.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2015</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Volgina N.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Волгина Н.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/10745">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/10745</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">The article deals the issue of the positions of Russian capital in Latvian market. The paper aims to estimate the volume and dynamics of Russian capital inflows into Latvia in compliance with Russian economic interests; to identify key sectors of Latvian economy that Russian capital is interested to invest in; to systemize information concerning Russian firms investing in Latvia; to assess the role of Russian capital in Latvian economy in comparison with other foreign investors; to propose author’s view on challenges and perspectives of Latvian-Russian investment cooperation in the situation of economic sanctions and geo-political conflict in east Ukraine. The author underlines that at the end of 2013, investments of Russian business to Latvia constituted about 5.0% of the total FDI stock and by that time Russia was the 7th largest investor with 0.5 bln euro of capital invested. The main sectors of Russian interests in Latvia are - gas supply, transport communications (transit corridors), banking and real estate. The article concludes that though the future of Russian-Latvian economic relations in the short-run is on a substantial pressure of geopolitical factors, the economic interests in mutual investment relations will prevail in the long-run perspectives.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">В статье рассматриваются вопросы присутствия российского капитала на латвийском рынке. В качестве основных целей статьи можно выделить следующие: оценить объемы и динамику притоков российского капитала в Латвию в соответствии с ключевыми российскими интересами в этой стране; идентифицировать ключевые сектора латвийской экономики, которые наиболее привлекательны для российского бизнеса; систематизировать информацию, относящуюся к российским фирмам-инвесторам в Латвии; оценить роль и место российского капитала в Латвии по сравнению с основными конкурентами; предложить авторский взгляд на вызовы и перспективы в российско-латвийском инвестиционном сотрудничестве в условиях экономических санкций и геополитического конфликта на востоке Украины. Автор подчеркивает, что на конец 2013 г. российские инвестиции составляли около 5% от накопленного объема всех прямых иностранных инвестиций в Латвии; таким образом, Россия вышла на 7 место с объемом инвестиций в 0,6 млрд евро. В статье выделяются сектора, которые представляют наибольшие интерес для российского бизнеса - поставка газа, транзитные транспортные коридоры, банки и недвижимость. Автор приходит к выводу, что несмотря на то, что будущее российско-латвийских экономических отношений в краткосрочном периоде находится под сильным давлением геополитических факторов, экономические интересы во взаимных инвестиционных отношениях будут превалировать в долгосрочной перспективе.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Latvia</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>economic interests</kwd><kwd>foreign investment</kwd><kwd>natural gas</kwd><kwd>transit corridors</kwd><kwd>banks</kwd><kwd>geopolitics</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Латвия</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>экономические интересы</kwd><kwd>иностранные инвестиции</kwd><kwd>природный газ</kwd><kwd>транзитные коридоры</kwd><kwd>банки</kwd><kwd>геополитика</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Dombrovsky V., Vanags A. 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