MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. The issue of maintaining Russia’s investment attractiveness for companies from countries, which are waging an economic war against Russia, has taken a back seat, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a news briefing on Thursday.
Asked whether consequences would follow regarding the country’s investment attractiveness in response to a possible introduction of external control over the property of foreign companies leaving Russia, Peskov replied that "An economic war is being waged against us."
"Investment attractiveness, under the conditions of economic war for those who are in a state of war, will take second, third or even fourth place," Peskov said. "However, it [investment attractiveness] remains open to countries, which are not in an economic war with us, and there are plenty of them."
According to him, "the market cannot stand a void" and if it such a void occurs it will be quickly filled "by other players."
Asked about what sort of consequences loom, if Russian property is frozen abroad in response to external control over foreign assets in Russia, the presidential spokesman replied: "They will be negative."
"It will entail mutual negative consequences," Peskov added.