Foreign direct investments of the BRICS countries: place and role of Russia

The article examines the current state and development trends of foreign direct investment of the BRICS countries, acting at the present time as a new factor in the development of the global economy and international relations. Statistical data analysis concerning with the volume of the involved foreign capital has shown that Russia is lagging behind the other BRICS countries (China in the first place) by the share of FDI in the total investment in the world. Despite a number of existing strengths of Russia, determining its investment attractiveness along with other developing countries to foreign capital, however, Russia is less attractive in the BRICS group for the foreign investment.