VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) — The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is considering possibilities of investing in the ridesharing business of Russian IT-giant Yandex and US technology company Uber which are expected to merge in the future, RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev told Sputnik on Tuesday.
"We are actively looking into the technology sector. We have a number of projects worked out in detail… We are still exploring possibilities of investing into Yandex, [meaning] Yandex merged with Uber. The share of technology investment in RDIF will be significantly increased," Dmitriev said on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the Russian city of Vladivostok.
The two-day EEF will kick off in Vladivostok on Wednesday and is expected to gather over 3,500 participants from more than 50 countries. The forum will be attended by a number of world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, as well as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
