The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, announces that the RDIF and JBIC IG Partners, jointly advising the Russia-Japan Investment Fund (RJIF, established by RDIF, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and JBIC IG Partners), have agreed, together with AEON Infrastructure Corporation, to collaborate on RJIF's planned investment to construct a methanol plant and create a chemical cluster in Volgograd.

1. Russia-Japan Investment Fund to collaborate on chemical cluster project in
Volgograd
Osaka, June 29, 2019 - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s
sovereign wealth fund, announces that the RDIF and JBIC IG Partners, jointly
advising the Russia-Japan Investment Fund (RJIF, established by RDIF, the Japan
Bank for International Cooperation and JBIC IG Partners), have agreed, together with
AEON Infrastructure Corporation, to collaborate on RJIF's planned investment to
constructa methanol plant and create a chemical cluster in Volgograd.
The agreement was signed today in the presence of President of the Russian
Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. The parties are
planning to invest in the project over RUB50 bn. It is expected that construction will
begin in early 2020 and be completed in late 2022.
AEON’s subsidiary GTM ONE has also signed an off-take contract to supply Japan’s
Marubeni Corporation with goods produced by the chemical plant. Engineering
works will be carried out in accordance with the agreement reached between GTM
ONE and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering. The chemical plant’s annual
installed capacity is expected to exceed 1 mn tonnes of methanol.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the RussianDirectInvestment Fund (RDIF), said:
“Our Japanese partners appreciate the investment attractiveness of the chemical
cluster project in Volgograd. Its products will be highly competitive in the global
market due to minimal production costs. We look forward to further collaboration
with Japanese companies on new projects in Russia”.
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Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is Russia's sovereign wealth fund
established in 2011 to make equity co-investments, primarily in Russia, alongside
reputable international financial and strategic investors. RDIF acts as a catalyst for
direct investment in the Russian economy. RDIF’s management company is based in
Moscow. Currently, RDIF has experience of the successful joint implementation of
more than 70 projects with foreign partners totaling more than RUB1.5 tn and
covering 95% of the regions of the Russian Federation. RDIF portfolio companies

2. employ more than 700,000 people and generate revenues which equate to more than
5% of Russia’s GDP. RDIF has established joint strategic partnerships with leading
international co-investors from more than 15 countries that total more than $40 bn.
Further information can be found at www.rdif.ru
Russia-Japan Investment Fund was established to pursue and implement attractive
investment projects to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation between
Japan and Russia. Priority sectors identified for cooperation include healthcare, the
development of smart cities and sustainable technologies, energy, cutting-edge
technologies, developing industries and exports in the Russian Far Eastern District, as
well as other initiatives that will strengthen trade economic relations between the two
countries. Further information can be found at www.rjif.org
AEON Infrastructure Corporation is a large private international investment and
industrial group that implements long-term, integrated projects in the fields of
industry, transport, construction and service. Further information can be found at
www.aeoncorp.ru
For additional information contact:
Arseniy Palagin Maria Shiryaevskaya/ Andrew Leach
Russian Direct Investment Fund Hudson Sandler
Press Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 20 7796 4133
Tel: +7 495 644 34 14, ext. 2395
Mobile: +7 916 110 31 41
E-mail: arseniy.palagin@rdif.ru