FX.co ★ Top-10 foreign companies, blossomed out in a down economy in Russia

The French Auchan (Group Auchan) entered the market of the Russian Federation in 2002. In 2015 its profit from trade in Russia totaled 414 billion rubles. For the current year the return changed by 11%.

Metro Cash & Carry (Metro Group, Germany) was established in Russia in 2001. The revenue of 2015 amounted to 305 billion rubles. The rate changed by 4%.

Philip Morris International is a Swiss company, engaged in manufacturing and trading of tobacco products. In the Russian market it exists since 1993. In 2015 the profit indicator measured up to 234 billion rubles, changed by 21%.

The Japanese Toyota Motor lost 8% of the profit in machinery sector. In 2015 the revenue of the company amounted to 230 billion rubles.

The Swedish IKEA holds relatively hard its positions in trade sector. In 2015 the company's revenue changed by 9%, totaled 200 billion rubles.

PepsiCo, that entered the Russian market in 1974, has felt the change in revenue by 1% already in 2015 (172 billion rubles).

In 2015 the German Volkswagen Group company recorded the shortfall by 26% (171 billion rubles), but in total, the concern's cars are in demand as before. In the market of the Russian Federation the company operates since 2003.

Mercedes-Benz (Daimler, Germany) entered the market of the Russian Federation in 1994. In 2015 the company's revenue totaled 157 billion rubles, changed by 6%.

The French Leroy Merlin company became popular among customers rather quickly. It entered the market of the RF in 2004. The company's profit achieved 152 billion rubles in 2015, demonstrated the growth by 23%.

The American Procter & Gamble producer, specializing in mass-market products output, captured the Russian market in 1991. The company's gross income changed by 8% in 2015, achieved 141 billion rubles.