The Special Economic Zones in Russia are established by the Russian government to attract foreign direct investment.
[1] Russia has eighteen federal special economic zones (SEZs) and several regional projects.
[2] There are MNCs among investors to Russia's SEZ, such as Yokohama, Cisco, Isuzu, Air Liquide, Bekaert, Rockwool and many others.
[citation needed] Open joint-stock company OSJC "Special Economic Zones" was founded in 2006 to accumulate and implement world's best practices in developing and managing SEZ and promote Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Russian economy.
[citation needed] As of March 2010, Russia's federal SEZs host 207 investors from eighteen countries.