28.02.2017 Alexey Ostrovsky participated in a plenary session of the Russian investment forum in Sochi

Under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev the plenary meeting “Investments into regions of Russia: priorities of regional policy” took place within the work of the Russian investment forum Sochi-2017 in which the Governor of Smolensk region Alexey Ostrovsky took part.

In the opening speech the Prime Minister noted: “The forum is always the good platform to debate, to look at possible new partners, to present economic opportunities of the companies and the region”.

Dmitry Medvedev emphasized that the planned positive tendencies need to be fixed in economy of Russia. The Prime Minister paid attention to improvement of a situation with inflation in the country and also noted a certain stability in the labor market.

The Head of the Government told about the priority areas of work of cabinet council and regions in the next years, they affect all spheres of social and economic life. Dmitry Medvedev focused attention that the next five years will become difficult for the labor market. At the same time difficulties will be connected not with an unemployment problem and with deficit of skilled workers of a personnel. In turn, the Government shall provide stability of macroeconomic dynamics and the taxation system till 2025.

In conclusion of the performance Dmitry Medvedev urged to look for the growing points for each territorial subject of the Russian Federation: “I am confident in Russia despite the current difficulties, there are no prospectless regions. Every region has the features and the competitive advantages: natural, industry, resource, labor on which it is possible and it is necessary to earn”.

Commenting the results of the last plenary meeting Alexey Ostrovsky noted: “Participation of delegation of Administration of Smolensk region in Russian investment forum is a new opportunity for investment attraction, for communication with officials of the federal center, getting of certain instructions from the management of the Government, from its Chairman on interaction with business, on those rules of the game which are established by the federal center.

Every year our participation in work of the forum allows to sign new agreements on cooperation which in its turn promote creation of workplaces, increase in revenues of the budget, a taxable base.

We have an opportunity to convey to the potential business partners information on those preferences and pluses of the investment legislation which are in Smolensk region. This year we have signed a number of agreements on a construction of the new entities which will give both new workplaces and new taxes in the regional budget.

Therefore the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi is a very useful platform for comprehensive interaction, labor unions on behalf of their federal management, business and bank communities, the federal and regional authorities participate take part in the forum”.