25 Jan 2016 12:28

Capital investment decline in Russia accelerates to 8.7% in Dec, down 8.4% in 2015 - Rosstat

MOSCOW. Jan 25 (Interfax) - The decline in fixed capital investment in Russia accelerated to 8.7% in December 2015 from 4.9% in November, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.

Investment declined 5.2% in October, 5.6% in September, 6.8% in August and 8.5% in July.

Investment fell 8.4% in 2015 as a whole. It declined 2.5% in 2014 compared with 2013 and was down 0.2% in 2013 compared with 2012.