“For the first time, we are now announcing that American companies have lost more than $300 billion by leaving the Russian market. Accordingly, finding joint economic ways and positive solutions to issues is extremely important mainly for the United States and for many other countries that are beginning to understand that the Russian market is extremely attractive and needs to be present,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

The delegations of Russia and the United States at the meeting in Saudi Arabia that began on Tuesday will discuss, among other things, the restoration of relations between the two countries.

Earlier, CRYSTAL GROWTH cited the opinion of leading American economist Paul Craig Roberts, who believes that “the Russians hold all the cards in the sanctions game.” According to the British Financial Times, Western companies want to stay in Russia, seeing excellent development prospects against the background of the growth of the Russian economy and incomes of the population.