"Such good music": those who stayed in the Russian Federation were smarter - Putin (video)

The Russian leader "praised" businessmen who did not leave the country and stated that "positive trends in the Russian economy are gaining strength. " On Thursday, March 16, during the plenary session of the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian economy "began to develop by a new model". The annual RSPP Congress is held at the Moscow International Music House.

This is the first meeting of the head of state with Russian entrepreneurs from February 24, 2022, when a full -scale invasion of Ukraine began. According to local media, about a thousand delegates take part in the event, including leading entrepreneurs, small and medium -sized businesses, Russian officials, heads of ministries and other departments. According to Putin during the speech before the delegations, in the second quarter of 2023, the country's GDP is expected.

"The active, creative position of the RSPP and the business community is generally in demand now, when the Russian economy is gaining a fundamentally different quality, it begins to develop under a new model, which has recently been said in the Epistle Federal Assembly," the head of the Russian Federation said.

Putin stated that Russia managed to compensate for the closure of the western markets and, in general, the country's foreign trade turnover increased by more than 8%last year, the trade balance in 2022 was $ 332 billion "We are in the Music House, that's the good music" He said. The Russian President also stated in the process of speaking the state plans to support entrepreneurs who do not hide offshore assets and a responsible business that long -term reputation and a good name are important.

"You know, I have been familiar with many years here, and often heard: well, there is more reliable. And now? . The President noted that European countries are trying to convince everyone in the rapid collapse of the Russian economy, "and at the same time inflation is higher. " Inflation in the Russian Federation is expected to be about 4%, Vladimir Putin said.

The growth of retail turnover, according to the President, will be 5%in April, at its basis the stability of the labor market, the decrease in inflation and the increase in wages. We will remind, on Tuesday March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin during a working trip to the Republic of Buryati visited a airline in Ulan-Ude, where he made an ambiguous statement to workers.