This volume identifies and analyses the extent to which Russia and the other Soviet successor states are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment to the turn of the century and beyond. Although these countries have been growing recipients of such investment, Western multinationals remain cautious and have, to date, been slow to commit large investment sums. The book binds together the current theoretical knowledge of foreign capital and technology transfers to Eastern Europe with a close examination of the investment strategy of multinationals in six successor states: the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.