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Overcoming the shortage of investment resources for the development of the agro-industrial complex of Russia makes it necessary to mobilize both internal and external sources of investment. Attracting foreign direct investment in the agro-industrial complex, creating favorable conditions is one of the most difficult tasks. The purpose of the study is to assess the available mechanisms to stimulate the attraction of foreign investment and determine their contribution to the innovative development of the agricultural sector and increasing the possibilities of food exports; identification of the relationship between the scale of foreign direct investment and the investment attractiveness of Russian regions. Studied foreign and domestic theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the conditions, opportunities and limitations of foreign direct investment, macroeconomic and globalization effects from their use. The necessity of increasing the inflow of foreign investment in agriculture in order to activate the process of innovative structural transformation of the Russian economy has been substantiated. Investigated the provision of foreign investments in agriculture. An empirical assessment of the scale of foreign investment in agriculture has been carried out, measures are proposed to stimulate the attraction of foreign investment in agriculture. The practical significance of the results of this study lies in the development of measures to improve investment policy in relation to foreign direct investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I argue that migration responses to push factors can differ along ethnic lines. To arrive at migration as an adaptive response in which minorities engage, two processes are necessary. First, an individual making the decision to migrate must interpret ethnic tensions as a threat to her life chances, and she must evaluate her future prospects in this ethnically charged framework. Second, the option of migration must be a viable one. That is, an individual must consider them self the plausible target of the threat of diminishing life chances, conclude that an adaptive response is required, and determine that the benefits of migrating outweigh the costs. In order to explain these processes, the relational theory of ethnic politics (Hale 2008) and demographic theories of migration are employed. To test this hypothesis, an event history model is estimated using regional, household, and individual-level data from Russian censuses and the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The relationship between out-migration and regional nationalist vote share is examined as well as regional hate crimes. The findings suggest that political push factors affect minority groups differently from the ethnic majority, supporting the hypothesis that the success of ethno nationalist politics in a region signals vulnerability to ethnic minorities, influencing migration decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]