(AGENPARL) – KREMLIN mar 11 aprile 2023

Taking part in the meeting were
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive
Office Anton Vaino, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, Deputy Prime
Minister Marat Khusnullin, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Central
Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina.

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Opening remarks at the meeting on economic issues

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.

As previously agreed, I suggest discussing
current economic issues, the state of affairs in the real sector, and the dynamics of the key macro indicators.

In addition, our agenda includes the Government’s forecast for Russia’s socioeconomic development which we use to develop measures to support citizens, entrepreneurs, corporate labour and entire industries, and of course, to form the federal budget which is country’s
main financial document.

As a reminder, when drafting the current
budget, the Government based it on a projected 2.9 percent decline in the GDP last
year and 0.8 percent this year.

Against the backdrop of positive
statistics, our colleagues have revised their estimates up significantly.

Notably, the forecast for the socioeconomic development for the coming years must be as objective as possible
which is important for the public administration system and the domestic
economy.

As I said earlier, positive economic
trends are continuing to grow. According to operational data, retail trade has
been up by almost 25 percent since early April.

Railway loads are up as well. You
and I are well aware that this is one of the most important indicators of what
is happening in real life. In March, this indicator stood at about 2 percent, but
in early April it was already 3.6 percent, both for domestic and export
transportation.

To be
continued.

Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/70897