KIEV, March 10 – The amount of foreign direct investment in Ukraine's economy in 2011 is expected at $7 billion, which will be 16.7%, or $1 billion, over 2010, according to Tomas Fiala, the managing partner of Dragon Capital and the President of the European Business Association.

"We expect direct investment at about $7 billion… Last year it was a bit less than $6 billion," he said at a press conference on Thursday.