Moscow gets over $80 bln foreign investments in 2012 - Sobyanin
MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - The total volume of foreign investments in Moscow's economy in 2012 amounted to $81 billion, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday at a meeting with representatives of investment companies held in the framework of the Russia 2013 forum.
The mayor said that this figure accounted for over half of all investments in the country. As to the volume of investments in fixed assets, the city reached the pre-crisis level and they were around a trillion rubles.
Moscow is waiting for investments in transport and engineering infrastructure and social sphere firstly, Moscow Deputy Mayor Andrei Sharonov told reporters after the meeting. "Special measures are to bring the so-called "smart money", that is high-tech companies," Sharonov said.
Sharonov said that many highly qualified people were currently working in Moscow and the city "is interested in them finding worthy employment in the city."
"Investments in high-tech companies are among our interests as well," the deputy mayor said.