BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 15. The volume of
direct investments by Russia in Azerbaijan rose 82.8% during the
first 6 months of 2026 and reached $237.1 million.
This was reflected in a report from the Central Bank of
Azerbaijan (CBA).
Trend's
calculations based on the CBA data show that this figure increased
by $107.4 million compared to the same period of 2025.
According to the CBA, Azerbaijan invested $22.5 million in the
Russian economy during the first half of 2026, a decrease of $5.8
million (or 20.5%) compared to the same period of the previous
year. The information stressed that investments from Azerbaijan
accounted for 0.4% of the total volume of foreign direct
investments directed into Russia.
According to the bank's calculations, the total volume of direct
investment from Russia to Azerbaijan during the first half of 2026
amounted to $129.7 million, while the flow in the opposite
direction totaled $28.3 million.
According to the bank, the volume of foreign direct investment
in Azerbaijan's economy exceeded $3.667 billion in the first half
of the current year; this represents an increase of $444 million,
or 13.8%, compared to the figure for the first half of 2025.
During the reporting year, the volume of foreign direct
investments from Azerbaijan into foreign economies totaled $5
billion—an increase of $3.65 billion, or 3.7 times, compared to the
same period in 2025.
