FACTBOX-French investments in Russia http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL2824430820080228?sp=true
Reuters.com
Thu Feb 28, 2008
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Russia's antimonopoly watchdog has cleared a deal by French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) to buy 25 percent of Russia's biggest auto maker AvtoVAZ (AVAZ.MM: Quote, Profile, Research).
The deal, estimated to be worth $1 billion, will be signed on Feb. 29 in Moscow.
Here are other French companies with investment interests in Russia: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL2824430820080228?sp=true