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Alexander Kalinin

Alexander Kalinin

President, All‑Russian Non‑Governmental Organization of Small and Medium‑Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA
Quotes
05.09.2024
EEF 2024
Unique Opportunities of Russian Jurisdiction: Evolution of Mechanisms for the Legal Protection of Business
From 1 January, the moratorium on unscheduled inspections will be lifted, and we are concerned about whether this will lead to a sharp increase in inspections, as has happened before. We therefore support the proposal voiced by the Prosecutor General of Russia to the President to maintain the procedure for prosecutorial approval of inspections alongside this change. That is because this mechanism is clearly highly effective
05.09.2024
EEF 2024
Unique Opportunities of Russian Jurisdiction: Evolution of Mechanisms for the Legal Protection of Business
During the tenure of Mikhail Mishustin, the Federal Tax Service made pre-trial dispute resolution mandatory. While this is included in the Federal Customs Service’s development strategy, it has yet to be implemented. Complaints may or may not be reviewed by higher authorities, leaving businesses to resort to lengthy court proceedings. What’s more, 35% of the 4,000-plus appeals to courts regarding customs decisions were lost by the customs authorities, but at what cost in time?
05.09.2024
EEF 2024
Unique Opportunities of Russian Jurisdiction: Evolution of Mechanisms for the Legal Protection of Business

Starting from January 1, the moratorium on unscheduled inspections will be lifted, and we are, of course, concerned that this might lead to a multiple increase in inspections, as it has happened before. Therefore, we certainly support the proposal made by the Attorney General of Russia to our country’s President to maintain the procedure of prosecutor’s approval for inspections concurrently, because this mechanism is undoubtedly highly effective

06.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
SME 2.0: The Path to the Business of Tomorrow
We have always said that companies that have grown beyond the status of small or medium-sized enterprises should not be immediately deprived of all forms of government support. That said, can we be sure that this will not result in a now-large company not taking funds allocated to support small enterprises? As far as we’re concerned, this should not happen. There should be different stipulations, including with regards to the budget
06.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
SME 2.0: The Path to the Business of Tomorrow
We are concerned about what the new national project for the economy will look like. Specifically, we are keen to know where small businesses will fit into it. <...> Small businesses had a separate branch and funding dedicated to them. Now, how will this [new – ed.] and wide-ranging project be managed? How protected will the stipulation on small businesses be? That is something that should also be considered
06.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Improving the Tax System: Fairness, Balance, Stability
We ask deputies to make changes in the spring session, so that then both businesses and the financial system can calmly prepare for the next three years of work
06.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Improving the Tax System: Fairness, Balance, Stability
The principled position of OPORA RUSSIA was that for microbusinesses the parameters should not be changed, for those who have thresholds of RUB 60 million [the amount of annual income above which a company is subject to value added tax - Ed.]. We were heard, we were supported by the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance, the government, and in many speeches by State Duma deputies, for which we would like to say a particular thank you. <...> This applies to 6.2 million taxpayers, and for 97% of SMEs, the parameters have not changed. This is exactly what we mean by balance
06.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Russia – China
We need to think together about what support mechanisms we have, not only in relation to trade between our countries, but also in relation to mutual investments in new enterprises
07.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Stability, Predictability, and Transparency of Business as Economic Growth Factors
The only thing that worries us is that while there are fewer inspections, more than a million preventative visits have already taken place. Perhaps some risk indicators need to be introduced there too? Yes, fines are not imposed – for which we thank the legislators – but it is also red tape
07.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Stability, Predictability, and Transparency of Business as Economic Growth Factors
As far as we are concerned, we need to continue to reduce business costs. Among other things, this reinforces the belief among the business sector that the state is a reliable partner
05.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Promoting Quality Growth: Strategies and Tools for SMEs
We need to roll out the labour productivity support system across the whole country. <...> Why not train professionals specializing in improving labour productivity? Every enterprise should have the option of hiring such a specialist. <...> Improving labour productivity is most definitely an issue relating to the small business sector. When it comes to the new national project, let us work towards ensuring that small businesses – I am not referring to micro-businesses here – have access to the government’s labour productivity support system
05.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Promoting Quality Growth: Strategies and Tools for SMEs
The vast majority of investments are made on the basis of income. And the profitability of small enterprises has a direct bearing on the amount of investment. In addition, one of our national goals is to double the size of the stock market. It is vital to very carefully re-examine sources of investment and forms of support for investment
05.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Promoting Quality Growth: Strategies and Tools for SMEs
Micro-businesses account for 97% [of all SMEs – ed.]. I would say that small businesses then account for 2.5%, and medium-sized enterprises for the remaining 0.5%. <...> Today, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has set another objective: to ensure that the profitability of small enterprises grows at a faster rate than national GDP. <...> This means that small enterprises must grow faster than the national economy on average. That is no easy task
05.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Promoting Quality Growth: Strategies and Tools for SMEs
In May 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree outlining a number of national goals. One of the objectives it set out was to bring the number of Russian citizens working legally for small and medium-sized enterprises up to 25 million. And by working together over the past six years <...> we were able to accomplish [this] even earlier than planned. During this time, the small business sector not only grew, <...> the way it was viewed by society shifted, which was the most important thing. According to the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre and other sociological surveys, Russian citizens’ attitudes towards the sector dramatically improved over this time. <…> Step by step, the country is embracing entrepreneurship
12.09.2023
EEF 2023
Protected Business as a Basis for Sustainable Economic Development
One of the main problems [of the Far East – Ed.] is that there is a shortage of about a million migrants from abroad, and notably, from countries where visas are required. We do not have such a large amount of labour resources – the Far East has begun to develop dynamically. <...> The second thing is water resources. Since 2016, entrepreneurs have been raising the issue that, as an example, fish farms can have only one purpose: fish production. In many countries, for example in China, it is possible to both catch fish and carry out aquafarming
12.09.2023
EEF 2023
Russia – China
We see that business missions are an introduction to the culture of doing business, to opportunities, and we find business partners here. <...> The State Transport and Logistics Corporation of Heilongjiang Province is developing a platform [for such joint work between entrepreneurs, – Ed.], and we are interested in how it will work. We are interested in pairing it with our capabilities
12.09.2023
EEF 2023
Russia – China
Over the past year, small and medium-sized businesses in the Far East have grown particularly actively. Serious investments are coming here. Russia is making a big turn from western to eastern markets, and the main beneficiaries of this are the Far East of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. <…> Our trade turnover in the first eight months of 2023 grew by 32% to USD 155 billion, with imports from China to Russia up 63% to USD 72 billion and exports from Russia to China up 13% to USD 83 billion
15.06.2023
SPIEF 2023
Interaction Between Large Businesses and SMEs: International Experience
The structural transformation of the economy is only just gaining momentum. Global processes are only accelerating. There is a new development paradigm to be found, including international trade. Here we have found common ground with the authorities. But given that resources are limited, we need to ask the question: “Where are the reserves? One of them is cooperation between big business and small businesses. <…> We were not seen as serious partners, and we felt that big business was unfairly taking advantage of preferential treatment by lobbying its interests. We need to join forces now and find values that others do not have
07.09.2022
EEF 2022
Business Under Protection: Guarantees of Business Stability
Checks on the execution of government contracts are currently under way, but the approach is excessive. The case is clear when somebody swindles money without building what was commissioned. However [it is wrong – Ed.] when criminal prosecutions of fraud are initiated on a large scale in cases where an entrepreneur made an error in an invoice which was subsequently corrected. So, when an entire contract is presented to the entrepreneur at once, it gives [businesses – Ed.] cause for concern. Because of this, many entrepreneurs do not want to get into government contracts
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Small Business – Big Strength
Let us determine the sectors and instruments that we consider a priority, both business and government. And if we agree, they let us concentrate forces. Not only financial, but legislative and administrative, to remove the barriers to these markets, adopt antimonopoly measures for those markets, and so on, and so forth
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Small Business – Big Strength
Our tools for incentivizing investment are mainly aimed at big business… we need to realize that we have around 6 million SMEs in Russia. If each SME spends just a million a year on equipment, buys a Gazel, or a small office, that is 6 trillion in direct investment. That money is there, sitting in bank accounts… But there are practically no tools for incentivizing investment
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Small Business – Big Strength
We have KPE for the development of small business for administrations, but it is only defined for employment, and only at a regional level. What about municipalities? We need to tie KPE to the investment activity of small business, or to contribution to the regional domestic product. If a responsible official working in the economic sector achieves serious economic growth, he should legally receive serious economic bonuses, then we will work as a single team heading in the same direction
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Small Business – Big Strength
A restructuring is underway, and not only in the Russian economy. A global restructuring. The role, employment, and share of small business is objectively capable of growing. Especially in employment, the new markets opening up. Small businesses are more flexible and are not covered by sanctions. Sanctions against small businesses are not possible, because it is billions around the world
17.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
The Right to Defence: Business in Russia and Abroad
What do we need to work on? Of course, we can still see a high amount of pressure on business exerted by law enforcement. And the second issue that’s worrying entrepreneurs is, of course, unjust decisions on the part of the commercial court system
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Life without Audits: A Reality or an Illusion?
The inspector must have a worthy salary, be a top-class specialist. Speaking of having saved businesses 200 billion roubles, in the new control and supervision system, inspectors’ salaries must be above the average in the region, then there will be mutual respect
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Life without Audits: A Reality or an Illusion?
We have illegal business, and legal business must be made profitable.  <…> The administrative load on the ’white sector’ being reduced, let’s increase that on the ‘grey sector’. So far, this sector has fallen out of view. The ‘grey sector’ must be made unprofitable
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Life without Audits: A Reality or an Illusion?
Last year, the number of audits fell by half compared to 2019 but there is a change in the situation this year, too. There are again half as many as in 2021 and 65% of all audits are specifically targeted. They must help the businessman avoid making mistakes that could have more serious consequences. In the near future, we will reach the moment when entrepreneurs will themselves ask for control measures as these eliminate risks for them
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Life without Audits: A Reality or an Illusion?
All audits in the world today require constant analysis and, if the audit is justified and protects human life and security, it is needed. If it is pointless, better get rid of it
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
A New Economic Policy for SMEs
Let’s expand concentrated support within national projects and within state programmes like, for example, for agriculture,
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
A New Economic Policy for SMEs
[We must] expand fiscal regimes and revise the system of electricity tariff differentiation for small businesses. We also need to continue to work on removing barriers, on pressures, to continue the education programme. We believe that by joining forces, we can achieve employment in small businesses that isn’t 30% – we can reach the threshold of 40%
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
A New Economic Policy for SMEs
We need to employ the regulatory framework that was created in 2008 to include sectoral ministries in the prioritization of small business development in their sectors, so they can start the appropriate programmes or at least get an understanding of what to start. For example, what does the Ministry of Transport consider a priority for small business development in transport, in logistics, which is now one of the most pressing issues in small business?
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
A New Economic Policy for SMEs
One other thing I’ll say is that it worries me the way state corporations are now settling accounts with small businesses. The government says one thing, it sets an advance of 50%, sets settlement targets – and nothing’s done for months at a time. And all the while, they keep the money on deposit in expensive banks. We’re creating a crisis out of nowhere all by ourselves
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
A New Economic Policy for SMEs
What we’ve got is an average check for small businesses, if we compare the beginning of February with the beginning of June, that has increased by 12%. Yes, we understand that this correlates roughly with inflation, which is now estimated at 17% annually, but even so, it means that the kind of recession that some economists, especially in unfriendly countries, were counting on and forecasting did not happen. The key is constant feedback, courage in decision-making, and a willingness to work together as a team with the authorities, development institutes, legislators and, of course, business associations
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
A New Economic Policy for SMEs
Unprecedented sanctions have been imposed on our country, and the fact that business, government, and society all come together as they did, and unprecedented measures were taken for business in the financial sphere, in relation to taxes, in the consumer market, in administrative responsibility, in foreign economic activity, in the procurement system – it all meant we avoided a great recession, at least in small business. Sometimes laws were passed in four days, and a special thanks go to the government for that, and of course, to members of the State Duma and the Federation Council
15.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
New SME Strategy: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions
Despite the unprecedented pressure on Russia’s economy, we have not seen a big recession. In March, businesses’ earnings were up 27%. We managed to avoid significant drops in small and medium-sized businesses’ performance. We have the right to request additional financing for national development programmes with respect for the priorities to be developed jointly by the government, business unions and business development institutes. Next year, we will raise a question of additional financing for SMEs, as their payments grow,
15.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
New SME Strategy: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions
Industry-specific priorities are among the key issues. Ministries have the authority to develop SMEs. Yet, does the Ministry of Transport or the Ministry of Energy have a clear understanding? Ministries do not have such programmes. OPORA RUSSIA has suggestions for creating industry-specific small and medium-sized business development programmes. Small businesses can and should play an important role in the economy. We cannot stop – we need to focus on the development programmes
03.09.2021
EEF 2021
National Jurisdiction and Trust in International Relations as a Guarantor of Inward Investment
Our position is that we want fines for small businesses to be at the same level as those for sole traders, and hope to have support on this matter. It’s all completely transparent. If you are on the register, your fine will be the same as if you were a sole trader. That would equate to an 80% reduction in fines for small businesses. That would cause people not to be apprehensive of incurring a ruinous fine for making a mistake
03.09.2021
EEF 2021
National Jurisdiction and Trust in International Relations as a Guarantor of Inward Investment
The number of inspections under the management system for the first six months of this year grew by 48%. A lot of issues are to do with international logistics and customs clearance. There is also the issue of how entry points operate. We have been allocated public funds to ensure that the Primorye-1 and Primorye-2 entry points open in 2023–2024. However, entrepreneurs are worried that this will not be done, because work is not actively under way
02.09.2021
EEF 2021
Small Businesses in the Urban Economy of the Far East
60% of small and medium businesses in cities are commerce and services. According to the Federal Statistics Service, in 2019 small and medium businesses accounted for 19.8% in the gross territorial product of the Far East. The regions are very different. The ones that have more mining facilities have fewer small businesses. At the same time, SMEs have an employment rate of 30% or more, which means they are really important for the society
02.09.2021
EEF 2021
Small Businesses in the Urban Economy of the Far East
I would like transport corridors Primorye 1 and Primorye 2 to get launched in 2024. Business is wondering when the transport corridor through Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island will be put into operation? It is important for export. I would like to avoid a gap between what is being declared and what is being done. We need to practice what we preach
02.09.2021
EEF 2021
Russia–Italy Business Dialogue
For our part, as an SME organization, we can help provide support to projects (of Italian entrepreneurs – Ed.). We have an office in each region and several hundred entrepreneurs, through whom we can provide recommendations. We can provide a certain level of hospitality for an Italian entrepreneurs, because the countries do differ quite a bit. I call for creating more business projects
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
The Changing Face of Small Business: New Challenges and Objectives
Increasing the number of employed people to 25 million by 2024 is one of the national goals outlined by President Vladimir Putin in the June decrees. During the pandemic we have faced a lot of challenges. Out of 5,900 [thousand, Ed.] companies that existed in the beginning of 2020, 1,100,000 have closed, 780,000 have opened, which means that, on the one hand, its number decreased by 260,000, but the timely measures by legislative and executive authorities <...> helped many people who lost their businesses become self-employed
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
The Changing Face of Small Business: New Challenges and Objectives
Small business has deep roots in our country, it began with merchant classes, artisans, developed fair trade. There were dynasties of merchants and industrialists. So the entrepreneurship has had a special status. The Russian state has always relied not only on large industrialists and merchants, but also on mass entrepreneurship. We can recall the manifesto on freedom of entrepreneurship by Catherine II of 1775; the guild reform of Alexander I, which gave all classes the right to open factories and plants; the Soviet Union law on cooperation in the USSR, which allowed cooperatives to engage in any types of activity that were not prohibited by the law. Now small businesses in our country account for 21% of the gross domestic product and provide over 20 million jobs
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Is the New Normal a Temporary or Permanent Phenomenon?
A mandatory standard should be introduced into the Code of Administrative Offenses: the first inspection can only lead to a warning, not a fine. <...> Our second initiative is the following: the size of the fine for those on the SME register should be the same as for individual entrepreneurs. The third point is to exclude duplication of fines. Today fines are imposed on both the legal entity and the director. Let's punish only one of them
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Is the New Normal a Temporary or Permanent Phenomenon?
Regulatory action should only be taken after consulting with those you regulate. This is the key to success. Then the community sees these measures as their own – we have discussed them, we came to a consensus, it is necessary to comply
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Is the New Normal a Temporary or Permanent Phenomenon?
You can fine companies. For example, GUM, if I remember correctly, was fined with 500,000 or a million for violation of the mask requirements. We understand this. But if a micro company with three employees received such fine, it would close immediately
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Is the New Normal a Temporary or Permanent Phenomenon?
Starting 1 July there will be eight types of control: monitoring, company shutdown, if necessary – there are many levers. But the vague wording ‘in case of a threat to life and health’ is now used too often: before the pandemic, there were 1,300,000 inspections, during the pandemic this number fell to 500,000. These measures are now being cancelled. Will there be over a million of them again? Will there be 240 billion in fines again? We do not support it, at least as far as small and medium-sized businesses are concerned
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Is the New Normal a Temporary or Permanent Phenomenon?
The fact that in Russia there was no second and third lockdown led to a much faster economic recovery than in most countries. Excluding some industries, such as air transportation, fitness, concerts and exhibitions, today we have already exceeded pre-pandemic turnovers. In small business, the official employment has even increased over this year
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Presenting the Results of the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index
And in this situation, feedback — and there is a survey for entrepreneurs — becomes critical, which adds points. And those governors who on a systematic basis every month meet with business associations, with investors, with the entrepreneurial community, they scored these points, which allowed them to move forward in this dense group. Therefore, I would urge that this be established on a systemic basis — constant direct communication with investors
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Presenting the Results of the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index
It is very important to put things in order in the digitization of capital repair funds. We have done a lot at the federal level; these are regional funds. People still run around with bundles of paper and travel around the regions. Let’s digitize capital repair funds; maybe we will create a federal standard so that if we talk about „digital“, then, including major repairs, small business, first of all, will carry out on the best practices of the 21st century for capital repairs as well
02.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Digital Services for Businesses
The future is already here. It’s inevitable and those who fit into digital services will be riding high. They will have a business, a workforce, and a decent salary, and our country’s wellbeing ultimately depends on this
02.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Export: Where and How SMEs Can Sell
There are few small businesses in Russia. They are catastrophically undercapitalized. You need to make a profit and capitalize, capitalize, and capitalize again. Because if we compare a small enterprise in Russia and Germany, everything appears to be similar, except the capital owned by a small Russian company is several times less than that of a German company. You need to capitalize, so turn a profit and invest it in your enterprises above all else
02.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Export: Where and How SMEs Can Sell
Now we are focusing on creating new exporters ... and new export products. […] First, it should be easy, convenient, and pleasant to export, and second, it’s a change in the quality of export. [...] The result is new players, new markets discovered, new niches, new products, and learning to be globally competitive in new niches
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as a Driver of Economic Growth
If a new generation does not enter the small business world, there will be no one to move it forward. Today, it is critically important to engage young people in our schools and universities
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as a Driver of Economic Growth
Today, not only the electronic channels, but also systemic interactions with business associations in other countries are important for small Russian businesses to be export oriented
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as a Driver of Economic Growth
Many entrepreneurs complained about the cadastral valuation made in Primorye Territory. It is believed that the cadastral valuation was overestimated by several fold
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Increasing the Investment Appeal of the Far East
It is necessary to ensure a smooth transition from a fixed tax on potential gross income to the patent taxation system. <...> Unless it is done, we are to face a surge of social tensions and small business dropping off the radar,”
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Increasing the Investment Appeal of the Far East
The Far Eastern small and medium enterprises turnover grew by 5.2%. But on the other hand, the number of employees in SMEs decreased by 3.7%. That is 40 thousand people. <...> The personnel issue is becoming the most acute
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Increasing the Investment Appeal of the Far East
Several regions of the Far East are switching to cadastral valuation and relevant taxation. In Primorye, the cadastral valuation grew 2–10 times. <...> Real estate owners are under serious risk, their survival is jeopardized
08.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Access Granted: Loyalty Rating of SMEs’ 50 Biggest Customers
The completion acts should be filed electronically with very clear schedules: in case of services provided, the completion act should be signed within 30 days or a formal complaint must be filed. If it is filed electronically, then an entrepreneur – should they be forced to go to court – need not to bring tonnes of letters. Just print out the exchange from a state-run server and let it be the basis for litigation
09.04.2019
International Arctic Forum 2019
Small Business, Big Potential
It is necessary to spell out the specifics of small business participation in the procurement of those companies implementing large-scale projects in the Arctic
09.04.2019
International Arctic Forum 2019
Small Business, Big Potential
As of 1 January 2018, we had 295,000 small businesses in these nine regions [along the Northern Sea Route, - Ed.], which employed 900,000 citizens, and as of 1 January 2019, already 291,000 entities employing 875 thousand. That means there are 4,000 fewer businesses and 25,000 fewer employees
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
The Role of the Regions in Popularizing Entrepreneurship
The success of the small business national project primarily depends on the situation in the regions. Efforts are required on the part of business, government, and society to make entrepreneurship a respected endeavour. This triangle – business, government, and society – needs to be equally sided, with each side having an effective input
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Export Accelerator: Learning to Trade Globally
We have government support measures, but it appears that either we [small businesses — Ed.] knock the wrong doors, or we do not fit into those doors. <...> We want ideas on how to support small enterprises to be borrowed from business associations
13.09.2018
EEF 2018
The Young People of the Far East
Educational platforms for children and youth in administrative centres, I think, will be created in every capital, including each capital of the Far Eastern Federal District. <...> Educational institutions are a matter of utmost importance. The key question is the mandatory course for Foundations of Entrepreneurship in Russian secondary schools
13.09.2018
EEF 2018
The Young People of the Far East
Next year we’re launching the ‘Self-employed’ project. This can be a very easy way to start your business. <...> This project, however, will be launched in just four regions — Moscow city, Moscow region, Republic of Tatarstan, and Kaluga. But if it takes off quickly, it will spread through the whole country by 2020
13.09.2018
EEF 2018
The Young People of the Far East
The Far East is becoming a place where we should create a new big centre of growth, a region of attraction, so that it would be trendy to go to, especially for young people. But most importantly, so that you could get rich quickly there. <...> Big money is invested in infrastructure, in the quality of life here
13.09.2018
EEF 2018
The Young People of the Far East
I have been to Yakutia. <...> There is a company there <...> that is entering the American market, making video games. One of the largest video game companies in the world. <...> They created a whole school there, i.e. this is already a cluster. They simply learned how to sell it over there, but to make it here
12.09.2018
EEF 2018
The National Project to Develop SMEs: What Will Be Done in the Far East?
Public organizations must play an enormous role. Only every tenth entrepreneur is a member of a public business organization in Russia. And this is probably one of the reasons why our business environment is not what we would like it to be
12.09.2018
EEF 2018
Protecting Investors’ Rights in the Far East
The key issue is competence, both in business and in law enforcement […] Business should self-organize and improve its literacy in the legal sphere
12.09.2018
EEF 2018
Protecting Investors’ Rights in the Far East
If business does not feel protected, it’s obvious there won’t be any investment
12.09.2018
EEF 2018
Protecting Investors’ Rights in the Far East
A unique feature of the Far East is that there aren’t so many people and not so much business here, and the system of law enforcement as well as control and oversight is the same here as it is throughout the rest of the country […] Therefore, there is an impression that the pressure on business is higher here
25.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Presentation of the Results of the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index
The Czech Republic recounted how it had introduced the foundations of entrepreneurship to its public school education long ago, and after three years, the young people they were producing were the kind that wanted to engage in small business and open up small businesses. [...] We could introduce a class like this to the schools in our regions
26.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Major Russian and Foreign Corporations vs Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Building Trust between Customer and Supplier
We have always advocated quotas. Particularly, we have the French experience to look to. In the 1970s, France used this mechanism to grow hi-tech businesses, and the French succeeded
26.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Major Russian and Foreign Corporations vs Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Building Trust between Customer and Supplier
Certification and accreditation should be simple and comprehensible for small business.
26.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Major Russian and Foreign Corporations vs Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Building Trust between Customer and Supplier
A lot of procurement has shifted to sole suppliers. This is a troubling trend. Two years ago, 45% were sole supplier tenders; now they number over 50%.
26.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Major Russian and Foreign Corporations vs Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Building Trust between Customer and Supplier
There is a headliner, a state corporation, but small businesses organize a host of services around it – and this is the key to success. Essentially, we establish an eco-system for growing hi-tech manufacturing, and we are already seeing results