About

CIFAL is the longest and largest French international business and services firm operating in Russia and the Central Asian and Caspian region. In 2016, CIFAL celebrated its 70th anniversary.

Our core business is operational consulting and business support on international markets. As a skills integrator, we have successfully identified and engineered the financial and industrial setup for dozens of projects in the energy, infrastructure, transportation and high-tech sectors.

CIFAL also offers a wide range of technical and industrial services that make us a stakeholder in project development, including in the execution phase.

Over the past decade, CIFAL has leveraged its operational capability by expanding its operations to China, the Middle East and Africa, by acquiring interests in companies with similar or complementary activities.

More recently, CIFAL has had to weather an exceptionally challenging international environment that included drops in the price of raw materials, an inept sanctions policy against Russia, and recessions or economic stagnation in most of our partner countries.