it tries to start and zero, but, nevertheless, it was very eventful, because such tracks as pharmaceuticals have already been discussed, the situation in the russian pharma industry was discussed today, in addition, the day before they talked about the state of small and medium-sized businesses. but here is the circle of topics on the forum this year. it is actually the widest. let's see everything. e, what awaits us from what awaits us in the next few days, firstly, there are about 130 in total. even more discussion sessions are formats in completely different events. including business dialogues in total about 500 speakers will take part in such discussions. in addition, representatives of 127 countries and territories are already here in st. petersburg. moreover, among those who take part, according to tradition, officials are representatives of business. but representatives of russian companies came here, including more than a thousand people. and, of course, they are here discuss er,

the main trend and the main topic of the entire forum. i remind you that this year it sounds like a new world new opportunities in the spotlight those changes that have happened recently. how to develop further in these conditions, how to interact with each other. and for this we have four tracks here at the st. economy, what is happening in the world today. moreover, this will be the format of both stories from the current situation at the sessions, and business diology of russia and with other countries, for example, with china iran also with representatives of african states, in addition to the osyan and the eaec, and the sco. there will also be such formats of business dialogues separately, of course, attention will be paid to the current situation in the russian economy. and today is one of the sessions. it will also be devoted to where

we are now, what measures have already been taken by the government, and to stabilize the economy or to ensure that the situation is now calm, what to do next, in addition, of course, the issue of digital technological development. and the interaction. here, within the framework of this development between countries, how to create new products in the new conditions of the new reality, jointly or vice versa as much as possible, so that it is such a technological sovereignty or it is necessary to combine these parameters. this will also be discussed. this is the third track. uh, the direction of the forum. well, in addition, of course, human capital. and staff training. we all know perfectly well that today there is a big question about what many companies are told about this, by the way, by guests coming to our studio, and in moscow, i think, here in st. petersburg we will talk about this, that today it is necessary to recruit personnel, its potential, the potential to do everything to ensure that russian science and technology develop as quickly as possible. this will

also be discussed within one of the tracks. well , let me remind you that by tradition, of course, russia 24 is always different in that we have a studio here. i'm not working right now, studio. in fact, this year's virtual you are now seeing a beautiful picture behind you actually. i stand on green background. where the necessary image of the graph is projected, with which i have just worked on an absolutely white floor, where there are special sensors, which, uh, show the necessary image on the screen, according to tradition, guests will come here. we have a very active agenda this year, too. these are heads of departments and representatives of large companies. and, of course, by tradition, the st. petersburg international economic forum. and this is a forum where the president and the head of state take part. this year there is a very rich program, moreover, and already the fact of his visit here already confirmed and, uh, dmitry peskov or ushakov spoke about this, but my colleague is following the program very carefully, according to tradition. nastya efimova

she will join me now nastya tell us in more detail what we are waiting for this year. what topics might the president touch on in his speech? and in general, what is the program for this year here in the northern capital? they give you the floor, right? thank you sash, but really traditionally the presidential program with participation in the st. petersburg international economic forum very rich with the central event from this program. as such and definitely forums. in general, it always becomes the speech of the head of state in the framework of the plenary session. this year will not be an exception, this is always a very important statement, which also contains assessments of ongoing events, sets the vectors of movement for the future, of course, the president expresses his point of view on topical issues, as yury ushakov, assistant to the head of the russian state, said with the topics of the president’s speech in the framework of the plenary sessions petersburg international economic forum. this year will be further economic development to ensure economic stability. the investment climate provides comfortable

conditions for doing business, which, of course, is very important, especially considering how uncomfortable the business conditions have become in european countries and, of course, this speech, as well as the work of the forums, including for these reasons, to attract such a lot of attention this year, including, but the plenary session is not only a speech president is also an opportunity to hear a variety of points of view. it is known that the video message of the st. petersburg international economic forum is addressed to the president of the people's republic of china the leader of kazakhstan will be present here in st. petersburg at the site of the plenary session. well , the president of egypt, the khasisi, will join the meeting via video conference, by the way, egypt this year this country is a guest of the st. petersburg international economic forum. this is such a special status that emphasizes the trusting relationship of the state. last year, the country's guests had a frame this year it is egypt. a large egyptian

delegation is working here at the site of the st. petersburg international economic forum, about fifty, and there are people in this delegation. so it is completely logical that the continuation of the very work that the delegation is doing in those days, and here in st. petersburg, will be the participation of the president of the country, as work is already at the highest level. well, of course, the plenary session of the president's participation in the st. petersburg international economic forum is not limited to a number of bilateral contacts. as presidential aide yuri ushakov also said that vladimir putin will meet with his kazakh counterpart and will also lead talks with armenian president vagnu khachatryan had already arrived in st. petersburg late in the evening the day before. let me remind you that he was elected to the post of president of armenia in march of this year in an extraordinary presidential election. so for vladimir putin and vagne khachatryan. this will be the first personal meeting and of course tradition. such meetings are also riveted attention as well.

it is known that the russian president will receive a member presidency of bosnia and herzegovina milorado dodica. and it is necessary to explain here, by the way, milora dodik. i also arrived in st. petersburg the day before and i must explain that the presidium of bosnia and herzegovina is the highest body of executive power. well, in fact, an analogue of the presidential post, only three people occupy this presidium at once. one represents the interests of the bosnians, the other is the interest of the croats. and the third is that the interests of the serbs just had a rododik recently, by the way, he made a number of rather resonant statements, in particular about the inadmissibility of anti-russian sanctions, its need, just to strengthen the ties between sarajevo and moscow, obviously this will also be the topic of bilateral negotiations, by the way, milor dodik will take part in the opening ceremony of the st. petersburg international economic forum today. we expect closer to one in the afternoon and, as always, we will definitely show footage of this ceremony. on the air, well, as for today

and the presidential program for today, as presidential press secretary dmitry peskov told vladimir putin today in st. petersburg will hold a meeting dedicated to the development of the automotive industry. apparently, we are talking about the continuation of this series of so-called industry meetings, which have been held by the resident in recent months. let me remind you that such meetings have already been held, dedicated to road construction, dedicated to the metallurgy of the oil and gas industry , it is obvious that the automotive industry is one of the most important sectors of the russian economy, one of the very sectors that have very seriously faced the consequences of an innovative blow and the very announced actually against us is an economic war. west how will the auto industry develop? what kind of help he needs and what should be and can be done in the very near future, it is obvious that this will also be discussed today at a meeting of the president with members of the government, representatives of business, including, of course, in the field of personnel from

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payments from partners of promotions and participate in the drawing of cash prizes every day. if today you wanted to see an almost decomposed plastic bottle, then ivan the terrible should have thrown it away. we do not sort waste in the middle ages. we continue broadcasting from st. petersburg, given that the forum is international economic let's talk about the situation in which the russian economy is today. let me remind you that at the end of february the central bank decided to immediately increase the key rate to 20%. it has become required to keep the savings of the population . let me remind you that at that time there was a very sharp jump in the exchange rate, and therefore

the regulator made just such a decision. but at the end of february, the value of the key rate was gradually lowered six times literally not so long ago , it is now 9.5%, in fact, the level that was at the very beginning of the year, the central bank came up with the same answer, what served and what helped the regulator to make such a decision, they themselves spoke about this in the central bank, i remind you that, together with when the decision on the key hundred is published. at the same time, an analytical note is also made an explanation. why this or that decision was made was discussed in the first place, of course, that today the inflation rate has slowed down, but of course, inflationary expectations of the population have also decreased, we all remember the situation in march, when a very active population bought up certain goods, succumbing to panic in the first place, but now e inflation rate is gradually stabilizing, the biggest was the peak in april. now the level is lower. and in principle, the systematic decline continues

, of course, the central bank is talking about what further levels of indicators will be, i remind you that target is the mark that the mega-regulator is striving for today. this is 4%. so this year we are talking about the fact that the inflation rate will be in the region of 14-17%, then there will be a decrease to 5-7% . well, besides , today they say. globally about the situation in the russian economy, and those forecasts that initially did the department regarding the decline in the level of gdp, they are now changing in the positive direction, the decline will be less. well, let's talk today about the exchange rate. let me remind you that the last few days we see the following dollar quotes worth about 56 rubles. but about 59-60 euros costs. this has become possible, of course, thanks to the measures taken by both the central bank and the government. but in fact, the world was a lot

and ours. uh, the economics department is ready to join me now, my colleague. maria slobodyanskaya works here on the sidelines of the economic forum. masha tell me more. what measures did the government take in order to stabilize the situation that i just spoke about, yes, sash. i welcome you on the air, indeed, a large number of support measures were promptly taken around the world as overheads were imposed on our country. new sanctions, of course, are measures to support the economy in general, and business in particular, here at the st. petersburg economic forum, they say a lot about the fact that business should become such a locomotive development and rapid economic recovery. in particular, they talked about new points of growth and restoration of supply chains for business. and a lot of for example, we talked about this at yesterday's session, where first deputy prime minister andrey belousov also spoke and spoke about the strategy for developing entrepreneurship. he said that the current strategy can be called so ordered to survive.

now we need to focus on what the business could earn, and this, of course, will help to reduce the administrative burden and reduce the amount of required reporting. it must be said that many measures have already been taken in this regard. for example, a moratorium was introduced on scheduled and unscheduled inspections for absolutely all industries until the end of this year. uh, scheduled inspections will be kept only in relation to a small closed list of specialized facilities, but non-scheduled and control activities are allowed only in exceptional cases. uh, for example, uh, in case of a threat to life or causing serious harm to the health of citizens, but such unscheduled inspections will need to be coordinated with the government. speaking about entrepreneurship in general, of course, andrey belousov also noted that it is necessary to increase entrepreneurial activity through available tools for business and thus increase the number of active businessmen involved in all industries. indeed, over the

past year or over the past 2 years, the number of inspections has drastically decreased and the quality of these inspections has changed recently, just a survey has just been completed, we will present it. uh, the coming days of the survey agency with physical investment initiatives national investment rating. and there is an indicator. uh, the burden is the administrative burden on the business. so i can say that its stability has been declining in recent years, it has declined quite noticeably, it is necessary to create conditions for people to earn money for your sleep. and this, from my point of view, is the key task for the near future. a large number of support measures have been introduced and for specific industries we are talking in particular about tax incentives, for example, for industry and information technology, and tourism. here , for an organization under 24, a zero rate is set.