When multi-billion deals go wrong

In this Beyond Business we look at the controversial business of security contractors. Private military companies have attracted much criticism in the past few years, but at the same time their business has expanded rapidly. It’s believed the segment is worth more than $100billion per year. We speak to a French company about its hopes to break the British and American domination of the market.

Doing business in Russia : a dream investment or a cobweb of bureaucracy and corruption? The French government,is making relations between the two countries a priority at every level. There are signs that things are getting easier for foreign investors almost two decades since the breakup of the Soviet Union. UBI France -- the body in charge of promoting French interests abroad -- invited a France 24 team to accompany a delegation of French entrepreneurs to Russia.