The purpose of this master thesis is to identify the influence of the political risk level in particular regions of the Russian Federation (the Arkhangelsk and Leningrad Oblasts) on the amount of foreign direct investments into the economy of these regions. In order to do so, three research questions were addressed, namely: (1) Which factors of political environment constitute the profile of political risk in both the Arkhangelsk and Leningrad Oblasts (Regions), and are there any differences between these Russian regions? (2)To what extent do foreign firms (particularly, Norwegian...