MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the statement, about 5,600 enterprises with German funds with an overall turnover exceeding $50 billion operate in Russia and provide job opportunities for about 270,000 people.
"Russian business is not interested in halting projects with German partners and is ready for increase in investment flow and localization of German production. The Deutsche Bundesbank's data proves this. German companies invested in Russia over $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2016 in comparison with $1.78 billion throughout 2015," the Chamber's statement read Wednesday citing Dmitriev speaking at a Russia-Germany economic conference.
The United States, the European Union and some of their allies have introduced several rounds of anti-Russian sanctions since Crimea reunified with Russia in 2014, and accused Moscow of meddling in the Ukrainian internal conflict. Russia has repeatedly refuted the accusations, and warned that the sanctions are counterproductive and undermine regional and global stability.
