The article analyzes the characteristics of the development of investment activity of Russian companies abroad. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the nature of changes in the investment strategy of Russian business abroad after the global financial crisis of 2008. Emphasizes that government support of major Russian companies commodity sector, including geopolitical reasons, leads to conservation of backward economic structure and export of our country, and to maintain the status quo of the largest economic agents. However, the activities of Russian foreign midsize businesses are concentrated in high-tech industries, can act as one of the most significant modernization of the Russian economy.

foreign direct investment, transnational companies, international cooperation of production, foreign investment strategy, offshore business