Russia is a natural resourced based economy. Oil and natural gas especially are the two key industries. Hence firms from the energy industry dominate the top firms listed below. These 7 companies appear in the Fortune Global 500 list for 2012.
Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune
None of the Russian energy giants trade on the US exchanges. The four firms trading on the OTC exchanges are:
Gazprom(OGZPY), LUKOIL (LUKOY), Rosneft Oil Company (OJSCY) and Surgutneftegas (SGTPY).
Related ETFs:
Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX)
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