Russia, like the United States and many other countries, has a detailed legal regime of restrictions on investments by foreign companies. Russia's regime is particularly complex – and features special stricter rules for investments by companies having foreign government ownership control, and in the mineral resources (oil & gas, and mining) sector. We hope this PowerPoint presentation, developed from some years of practice experience to date, may serve as a handy reference for our readers. Of course, no two cases are exactly alike, and so specific advice is needed for each proposed transaction.