(AGENPARL) - Roma, 4 Maggio 2023(AGENPARL) – KREMLIN gio 04 maggio 2023
The President held a working meeting with the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov. The discussion focused on the current situation in the economy, particularly the dynamics of macroeconomic indicators, instruments for encouraging major
investments, and the system of support for small and medium-sized enterprises,
including in the new territories.
President Vladimir Putin: The issues that we are going to discuss are constantly in sight – our common field of vision. But still, when
we meet in this format, I would like to hear from you a more accurate
assessment of the current overall state of the economy. First.
Second, I would ask you to start with supporting domestic demand, because this is both an economic and social issue.
Please you
have the floor.
Minister of Economic Development Maxim
Reshetnikov: Mr
President.
Thank you
for the opportunity to report on the current economic situation. Indeed, you
regularly hear information from us.
In recent
years, our economy has demonstrated resilience to external shock and often the ability to develop regardless of external circumstances. This has also been the case with Covid because we “fell” less than many other countries in 2020 and have recovered faster.
Moreover,
many countries overcame Covid by borrowing very heavily, which led to runaway
inflation, on the one hand, and on the other…
Vladimir Putin: They prefer not to talk about it now. I look
at the analysis from the West; I sometimes watch European and American news
programs – this is being completely silenced; no one actually talks about it at the expert level.
Maxim Reshetnikov: And they will inevitably pay for it because
of a high level of debt in conditions of rising interest rates, because you
can’t afford not to react to inflation. It’s clear that this is a challenge for them, but of course it also affects us one way or another.
To be continued.
Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/71092
