the russian army successfully repulsed 14 attacks in so, zelensky’s formation lost another one and a half. thousands of soldiers, mercenary officers, two tanks and 10 other armored vehicles, as well as 26 gunships and self-propelled guns were destroyed. the strikes hit a warehouse storing unmanned boats and points of deployment of foreign fighters. air defense forces shot down 48 combat drones, a neptune cruise missile and seven rockets. the development of relations with the african continent is one of the priority areas for moscow. this was stated by vladimir putin.

issues on the international agenda, glad opportunity to meet with you on the sidelines of the st. petersburg international economic forum, i am sure that your presence will symbolize the interest of the african continent in developing relations with the russian federation, and this is one of the priority areas for us, this is an opportunity to consolidate and... identify those areas

where we we can expand cooperation between our countries and make this cooperation more comprehensive, there is no need to deviate from each other, there are truly similar points of view on international issues, our countries by and large, these are isolated zones, which is why it is necessary to develop comprehensive relations with the russian federation, also met with the president of bolivia, stressed: the two countries have good prospects for cooperation, including in the field of new technologies, for example, rosatom is creating a nuclear center in bolivia research, as for bilateral relations, they are developing between russia and bolivia on a solid basis, on a solid foundation of taking into account each other’s interests, the total volume in monetary terms. still small, but it has

there are good growth trends, growth over the past year was, in my opinion, more than 2 percent, two, 2.5, i think, but there are interesting areas of our cooperation, including in the field of high technology. thank you for the invitation to come to such an important forum, and of course, we will actively participate in it. we will talk about the bolivian experience. we have our own economic model, which we have been implementing since 2006. and we want to share it with everyone thanks for all the support from the friendly russian government, which has implemented several large projects in our country, such as, for example, the center for nuclear research and technology. one of the main topics of the st. petersburg forum was energy. global demand for oil and other hydrocarbons is growing, and russia's prospects are enormous. the tax system and production development were also discussed. the most important statements. collected by

maria filippova. at the st. petersburg economic forum they continue to present new projects, consolidate them with agreements and, of course, discuss opportunities and prospects russian economy. including in the context of improving the tax system. one of the central sessions of the forum was devoted to the issue. emphasis on the use of a progressive scale when calculating personal income tax. the increase in interest rates, let me remind you, will affect just over 3% of the working population.

colleagues talked about this : a balanced budget means stability of inflation, rates, well, these are all the consequences that follow from here. the mechanism of tax deductions is also being improved, applications for tax refunds are being processed at times faster, if before it was 4 months, the vfts emphasizes, now it’s up to 12 days; in the future, an application will not be needed at all to receive part of the deductions. what will happen in '25? we are social deductions. this is fitness, treatment, ah, non-state pension provision, but let’s also move to a proactive model, how this will work, these organizations send us data and we put it in your personal account - all the data is stored with a request to indicate what account you are on

i'd like to get some money, that's it the whole deduction is how it will work. in the context of the future, napmf is talking about new production facilities, one of which is designed to strengthen ties with foreign partners. the chinese company will produce atms in the moscow region. shanghai investors will allocate at least 1.3 billion rubles for this. the first stage of production will be the production of metal cases. in the future they plan to organize a full production cycle in the wedge. in moscow , domestic developments are being implemented and a new kamaz plant will be built. it is planned that the site will produce 40,000 trucks per year. almost 1,500 workplaces will be equipped. this is a step towards technological sovereignty.

samples of industrial products or new competences are to be formed, then somewhere else time is required, the state provides support in neo-development, in the creation of industrial production. our country has achieved a high level of technological independence in power engineering, timber processing and metallurgy, they emphasize at the forum. according to the minister of industry and trade anton alikhanov, the domestic component of power in these...

leading companies in the maritime industries, and the topic of personnel will soon be continued as part of a large session: the heads of several regions of russia were interviewed in our on-site studio at the st. petersburg international economic forum, here are the statements made: we are meeting with our investors, now we have literally held a meeting with new ones. the owners of our steel plant, who came to this plant, which is developing dynamically, we literally today signed an agreement with sberbank on cooperation in the blin region sber, which helps us in the border regions, having already provided assistance of more than 500 million

rubles, tomorrow we are signing an agreement between the ministry of development between our investors who are building the second stage of a typical complex. complex and where they will receive a subsidy for part of the cost of the infrastructure that they are building 2.4 billion 2 billion from the federal budget and about 70 million for our region from the regional budget, but this will also allow the bryansk region to grow in greenhouses of the order 25,000 vegetables per bto. we sign an agreement worth more than 50 billion rubles.

an influx of investors and investments separately , well, i can really say a good one, now i’m talking about the it industry, of course, because we attach great importance to this, we are now building a serious data center in yaroslavl, the total investment in the first stage is about 18 billion rubles, and that is... those investments that really develop the yaroslavl region, well, in all industries, in

all, it is extremely important for us that this does not take place at one point, but that it diversified both by industry and by region, because it is important for us that all regions participate in such serious economic development, so i can say that i perceive this forum very positively, very good negotiations took place, negotiations took place with those with whom ... we are preparing for the future, that is, this is not only the signing of investment agreements, which we have already reached agreements, but these are also future negotiations with very serious large companies, for us the forum is also this place agreements, we - at this forum we are signing a set of important agreements on housing construction for us, this is very important for us, we have a demand due to economic growth, new jobs and for 450,000 m the agreement will be signed here. we have signed an agreement on the development of the mining industry for 160 billion rubles,

an agreement on social investments has been signed with novatek, and of course the discussion and this is the development of the northern route, the arctic, what we can offer investors, negotiations, not public, but very important new production, international cooperation, new port infrastructure, this whole place is exactly the right place to hold events here in st. petersburg on a regular basis. what is important is what the president said, that in essence people should have not only a job, but the opportunity to live, create families in the locality, especially in the arctic conditions in which murmansk is located, we are fighting for people, he is this fight not easy, it’s clear that , given our climate, it’s harder for us to fight than sochi or our two capitals, yes, but for the first time in 33 years since 1989 last year , more people came to live and work with us than left, this is a real reversal of the trend, in itself.

signed, so this is a very convenient, good platform to finalize those agreements, which, of course, we have been working

on for about a year, and maybe even more, this is the first, of course, a big component of this particular forum, that part working with our foreign partners, primarily with our traditional partners, in some places maybe not traditional, but today we worked all day with our colleagues from uzbekistan, we held a number of meetings that develop the decisions that we made during the region forum.

the perimeter of the region is in contact with belarus, of course, we are actively working with the adjacent territories, with the vitebsk, mogilev regions, and in general with other regions of belarus. we work within the framework of the decisions set by our presidents, vladimir vladimirovich putin, the president of the russian federation and alexander lukashenko, the president of the republic of belarus. i can dwell on some in figures, so we are moving towards a record trade turnover between the smolensk region and regions of the republic of belarus in a figure of up to 300 billion rubles. this is a truly significant number. i can also say that there are now over 400 joint ventures registered in the smolensk region. this is also a significant result over the years, and we are increasing the pace. in addition, i would like to note that we have about 40 existing agreements with various regions of the republic of belarus, which we are also

strengthening in the future, in the future we will develop. the main touchpoints, of course, are. local cooperation, we understand that development is impossible without it, our capacity utilization has increased to 80%, and of course, this cooperation is mutual, where part of the component base is produced here, part in the regions of belarus, then export goods or goods are created for domestic consumption, gives a good result for industry. sber

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afternoon, well, i would like to say that a lot of events have happened in my life this year. company, positive events, and i would like to say that we were previously called the otis group russia company, now we are called the meteort company since 2023 and... before society, this is the creation of vertical transport means, their maintenance and support during the life cycle, over the past in a year, we increased production volume, the plant reached 24/7 operation, we increased our order portfolio, including diversifying it. and it now consists of approximately almost 40% orders in the field of replacing old elevator equipment, while before, we worked only in the new

construction segment, we have advanced in the field of import substitution, we have a number of projects, a whole program, i would say, and we have also created some new types of products, but the most important thing is that we have retained our team, created about 200 new jobs, products, some elevators already with 100% russian localization? is there any really important question for elevators in your line? industry in russia and we strive to ensure that the degree of localization of our product is 100% in the future, but now we have not yet achieved this. meaning, but we are on the right track, this year we are launching a new product line, it is called ng from the word new generation, new generation, this is

an elevator without a machine room with a higher level of localization, it starts from 80% and above, we have a whole a program of projects that will allow us to bring this percentage to approximately 100 in the next 2 years, we are working on localization. very important elevator components, which, unfortunately, are now imported from abroad, we have created a whole enterprise for this, it is called the research and production center np meteor, its task is to, together with russian partners, with russian capable enterprises, provide localization of critical elevator elements in russia, in particular, our company won an open competition of the ministry of industry and trade of the russian federation for the creation and development of frequency converter production in russia, this a very important element of the elevator, which regulates speed, acceleration,

stopping accuracy, helps to save energy, and this element has already become an integral part of the modern elevator, but unfortunately, so far all elevator manufacturing plants in russia import it from abroad and we see our task of localizing this as critical an important element of the elevator in russia. what are the aesthetic parameters, what concerns the design of elevators, who does it, and is it true that foreign specialists worked on the design before ? yes, this is true, being in as part of a large global company, we actually used the services of foreign designers, very well-known companies, who helped create the interior of the elevator. when we became the russian company meteor, we used a similar concept, only we started working with a russian leader...

last year we presented the concept of the first generation this year we are showing the concept of the edge, which can be seen at our stand, if you visit our stand, you will get to know this innovative design, it really is a design premium class, and we will use it in special projects as part of a high-speed elevator, which we are currently working on at a speed of up to... yeah, here's the last question, if we talk about the industry as a whole, what opportunities have opened up now and what are the challenges in in general, all market participants need to solve, well, first of all, we see the task, i repeat, in import substitution, to build a sustainable, independent technological base for the creation of elevator production in russia, the development of such critical elements as frequency converter, gearless winches, new types of materials. including

decorative materials, door drives and other elements, including elevator safety elements, russian manufacturers are capable of mastering this type of product, they just need to work on it, and the industry is doing it, and we are trying to do it too, and in another direction, which is very important is, of course , the digitalization of the elevator system, because this will allow for remote monitoring of the condition of elevators. at the expense of funds telemetry and thereby service them even more efficiently and prevent sudden stops, failures and some difficult technical situations. yes. igor nikolaevich, thank you very much. good luck to you and your company, we talked with igor mayyorov, the ceo of meorlift.

thank you. dmitry vladimirovich, hello, thank you for finding time, you don’t have much of it now, because there are a lot of worries, a lot of things to do, there were huge problems several years ago, i think they have partially survived, i mean, of course, these are tough sanctions against our country, and you, as one of the largest exporters of our country, suffered greatly then, how are things going now? alexander, good afternoon, well, the situation has indeed stabilized in many directions. honestly and frankly, when we communicate with some western colleagues, they are surprised, they say that no, no, they are surprised at how adaptive russian business, the russian economy has turned out to be, that is, probably some german or englishman, if put in the same conditions as the russian business, they wouldn't survive, though.

russian business managed to find options, managed to adapt to severe pressure in general and generally restore its position, so today a group of companies, well, with the exception of amiak for objective reasons, has reached a full 100% capacity utilization, and we have learned to work. let’s say, in these conditions, that is, there are questions, yes, there are - it’s more expensive to pay, yes, there are difficulties, yes, ah, payments are not made directly somewhere, but nevertheless, we have built a system of work that allows us to look confidently into the future. ammonia, what is there, there is some kind of progress in this matter, they said, with the exception, that means, well, ammonia naturally - on the territory of russia. it so

happened, there are no ammonia terminals, there was an ammonia terminal in venspi, latvia, there was a terminal in odessa, and the soviet legacy, this is how ammonia shipments were distributed in the soviet economy, so at the moment russia does not have its own ammonia transshipment capacity, we are working on it. i hope in the near foreseeable future such an opportunity will appear, solve the problem, yes, i think we will, regarding payments, now there is a lot of talk about how we could be blocked from all payments and so on, not far from today there are yet another american horror stories, a ban on trade, a total ban on trade with the russian federation, on the part of the united states, do you somehow plan for the sanctions to be tightened?