Russia has everything to make a leap forward and not "fall" in the 90's, says a well-known industrialist more

Russian-German session of the Moscow Economic Forum on the subject of "Russian-German Economic Relations: Present and Future" started more

The expert of the Moscow economic forum (MEF), Director of the Russian Association of agricultural machinery manufacturers "Rosagromash" Evgeniy Korchevoy assessed the state of the Russian economy through the prism of agriculture. According to him, he cannot see any positive changes in this sphere today. more

The Bank of Russia lowered the key rate (one-week REPO rate, the main instrument for liquidity provision to banks) at 1% down to 14% per annum, a press release following the meeting of the Board of Directors of the CBR announces. The rate is reduced due to continuing risks of significant cooling of the economy.

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Co-chair of the MEF Ruslan Grinberg: For everybody the main thing now is to stop the war in Ukraine.
If oil markets recover, our currency will rise, Russian economist, member of RAS, academician of the International Academy of management, Director of the Institute of Economics, RAS, chief editor of the magazine "World of change" Ruslan Grinberg said to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
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Supporters of the head of the St. Petersburg branch of the "Fair Russia" MEF expert Oksana Dmitrieva intend to leave the party and unite in a new organization. Dmitrieva does not preclude expulsion from the party and loss of a seat in the State Duma. more

The third Moscow economic forum will take place at the MSU on 25-26 March. For the third year in a row ideologists of Russian industry revival gather in its frameworks. But the current MEF is different from previous ones, because its essence is not in theoretical disputes. According to official statistics, accumulated during "fat years" the reserves we have will be enough for, at best, a couple of years. So, there is no more time to talk. more

"What does Rosagroleasing do? –the MEF co-chair Babkin asks. – It quickly buys combines and tractors... abroad, while domestic appliances (that cost several times cheaper) find no sales, production collapses, and workers are reduced".
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Article of the MEF expert Grzegorz Kolodko more

Theme: "Program of the crisis overcoming. Who and what should do?"

The section of the Moscow Economic Forum "Program of the crisis overcoming. Who and what should do?" was held in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian.
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The President of the Association Rosagromash Konstantin Babkin participated in two governmental meetings and left in his blog a devastating record – "there will be a crysis", the Cabinet of Ministers does not cope the situation, the economy will face hard times with such leaders. We had a talk with Konstantin Babkin to find out what impressed the famous entrepreneur so much and what should be done. more

Russia has all the resources necessary for economic prosperity. This was stated by the journalist, political consultant Anatoly Wasserman on the eve of the Moscow economic forum, which will take place on 25-26 March this year. more

The current situation in the economy is not merely a crisis but an occurrence of the crisis, the Russian economist, publicist and politician, Director of the Institute of globalization problems Mikhail Delyagin states. On the eve of the Moscow economic forum, which will be held on 25-26 March 2015, Mikhail Delyagin shared his thoughts about overcoming the economic difficulties this year. more

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for industry, First Vice-President of the Union of machine builders of Russia Vladimir Gutenev expects that Moscow Economic Forum (MEF), which will be held on 25-26 March 2015, will force the Russian government to respond to the expert opinions, that will sound during the event. more

MEF Co-chairman Konstantin Babkin: "Ban on import, on the one hand, is a positive thing, but it will provide only a temporary effect. more

MEF expert Eugeniy Korchevoy: "Export duty already limits appetite of products export. Plus, the more you export, the more you pay to the budget, the more, in fact, you pay your consumers". more

The Central Bank deliberately leads anti-Russian policy, because the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended that. This was stated by MEF expert Sergey Glazyev. more

On Saturday and on Monday I participated in meetings with the Prime Minister. The first was devoted to agriculture, the second — to industry. The feelings are not very good. .. more

Uwe Leuschner told how the German government encourages the development of production and export... more

High interest rates and lack of branch support from the state — these problems big business cited as major ones on a Monday meeting with the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev devoted to the problems of business and enterprises’ support in the conditions of recession. .. more