The KPI of the trade representative constitutes ensuring the access of our enterprises to the markets of the country where the trade office is located

Our task is to increase the volume of shipments of non-primary and non-energy exports in order to reach the parameter of USD 250 billion by 2024. <...> So far, we proceed at a good pace of more than 10% annually; last year’s growth was nearly 12%

This topic is related to housing construction. Recently, we’ve been actively developing this segment and we also plan to practically double it due to the use of wooden structures in the construction industry. <...> Starting from this year, we’ve introduced a separate support measure associated with discounted mortgage rates wooden housing construction

Russia needs to develop deep processing by building pulp and paper mills, whereas we need different types of pulp for different sectors of consumption. We discussed how many (mills – Editor’s note.) are needed. We came to the conclusion that there should be at least 3 – 6 maximum – and optimally 4 in the next 5 years, in order to cover the need and provide for deeper processing. But in addition to building pulp and paper mills, we must not forget about using recyclables, meaning waste paper. Over the past 10 years, this (pulp and paper – Editor’s note) industry has seen<...> about 200 billion roubles of investment

Environmental community consists of the rational and the unreasonable. The ones that are sponsored from abroad belong to the unreasonable. <...> This is what happened in Chelyabinsk. Meaning, the ‘charged’ people ran around, creating all sorts of protests and demonstrations. Yet, we have the results of the environmental appraisal that was carried out in compliance with all the requirements - both federal and regional

The main task is to help economy grow beyond global indices. What is needed for that? To do this, we need to create conditions, develop our own industry, which will ensure growth. <…> Without conditions for industry performance, the budget will get no taxes or incomes that can later be used to develop social sectors of the economy. Therefore, the main task is to find mutually acceptable terms to organize any investment project

We have an ocean of state support, it just needs to be used it properly and systematically. <…> We finally realized that the economy grows in the regions. <…> We initiated methodical work in the regions in terms of integration enhancement, because our federal resources to reach small and medium-sized businesses are limited