it is impossible to solve a complex task, what is called at one moment, it is necessary to continue systematic work, designed for the future , and this is exactly how russia is acting, implementing long-term plans for the development of economic sectors, strengthening the social sphere and the current tests only make adjustments and clarifications to these plans, but do not change their strategic orientation. and today. i would like to dwell on the key principles on the basis of which our country will develop. our economy. the first is the openness of a truly sovereign state always is set up for equal partnership in order to contribute to global development and, on the contrary, is dependent with a paw, as a rule, is busy searching for enemies, planting xenophobia, or completely losing its originality, independence blindly follows sovereign russia despite the fact that our

western friends, so to speak, they literally dream about it, they will never follow the path of self-isolation and, moreover, we are expanding and will continue to expand interaction with everyone. who is interested in this, who wants to work with us, there will not be many such list. it's the vast majority of the earth, and right now they won't list, uh, all of these countries. everyone knows about it, i won't say anything new. let me remind you that everyone who wants to continue working with russia is subjected to open pressure from the united states and europe. sometimes they even go as far as direct threats. however, such blackmail is not enough. what does it mean when it comes to countries headed by real leaders who clearly understand where foreigners are, and where their own national interests, the interests of their peoples, russia will increase with

such state economic cooperation to promote joint projects. at the same time, of course, we will cooperate with western companies that, despite unprecedented arm-twisting, continue to successfully operate on the russian market. there are those too. we see the development of a convenient and independent payment infrastructure in national currencies as a solid predictable basis for deepening international cooperation, and we are forming development of transport corridors, increase the capacity of railways, transshipment capacity of ports. in the arctic in the east south other directions. including call the black sea and caspian basins. they will become the most important. e, a section of the north-south corridor, which will provide stable communication channels with the middle east and south asia, counting on the fact that cargo traffic along this route will begin to grow steadily in the near future. it is important not only that

russia's international trade intends to build up scientific technological cultural humanitarian sports cooperation on the principles of equality and respect for partners. at the same time, our country will strive for responsible leadership in all these areas. the second principle of our long-term development is the reliance on entrepreneurial freedom, each private initiative aimed at the benefit of russia should receive maximum support and space for implementation. pandemic. current events have confirmed how important flexibility and freedom in the economy is for private business in a tough environment amid attempts by any means to restrain our development has proved that it is able to compete in global markets adaptation to rapidly changing external conditions also occurs at the expense of private business, it is necessary to ensure the dynamic development of the economy, of course with the support of frequency. we will continue

to reduce the administrative burden. so from 2016 to 18. we had a moratorium on scheduled inspections of small businesses in the future, it was extended in total until the end of 22 years in 2020, this motor also covered medium-sized companies. in addition, almost four times decreased the number of unscheduled inspections. but we went even further, and in march of this year, we abandoned scheduled inspections of all entrepreneurs, regardless of the size of the business, with one condition, if their activities are not associated with a high risk of causing damage to the environment. as a result, now the number of plans has decreased by six times compared to last year. why am i now talking about this in such detail ? here is such a result has not grown, but the number of violations

has decreased, and this speaks of the maturity and responsibility of russian business. he needs to be motivated. and of course, do not force compliance with the requirements. so, if everything has every reason to take another cardinal step. forward forever and on a permanent basis to refuse to conduct most inspections of all russian business, activities that are not associated with high risks of harm. everyone has been for a long time. clearly not, the need to go and check everyone in a row should work, risk oriented approach. i ask the government. determine the specific parameters of such a reform in the coming months and here is another very sensitive topic for business, and today it is also a matter of our national security and economic sustainability, in order to reduce and

minimize various kinds of abuse loopholes for pressure on entrepreneurs. we are consistently removing the vague norms of criminal law in terms of the so -called economic offenses in march , a law was signed according to which criminal cases in against entrepreneurs on tax compositions can only be initiated upon the proposal of the tax service, and in no other way , a bill should be adopted in the near future to reduce the statute of limitations for tax crimes, as well as to refuse to initiate criminal cases after the full repayment of the tax. in general, it is necessary to carefully, but at the same time thoroughly approach the decriminalization of a number of so-called economic offenses, for example, those related to work without a license or accreditation. now it's uh, very thin issues due to the illegitimate behavior of our western partners, for example, who refuse to provide such licenses. in

such cases, our state bodies should not. what is called with your own hands to bring russian business under the article, despite the fact that the real fault of our entrepreneurs is not here, well, you understand, what is it about, but those who work in business a little are also fine. it is understood that the license has expired. eh, western partners do not extend anything for them to do to turn off business, or what? no matter how so let it work. of course, it is necessary to keep everything under control of the state, but not to interfere with their work, you should also think about raising the threshold for prosecution in case of non-payment. in addition, their and other obligations are mandatory. in addition, we have not changed for a long time, the parameters for determining large and especially large damage, despite the accumulated inflation, such a discrepancy between the norm of the law and realities of life certainly needs to be adjusted. well, from the sixteenth to the year of today's accumulated inflation there. somewhere around 50%, a these settings have not changed. of course, it is necessary to change,

of course, the necessary revision of the basis for confining entrepreneurs into custody and for extending the terms of preliminary investigation, it is no secret that very often these norms are applied where there is no objective need, as a result , even at the stage of investigation, enterprises are forced to suspend their activities or even close down . in this case, in addition to direct losses and the loss of market positions of jobs , the reputation of the company and their leaders is at stake. law enforcement agencies, it is necessary to put an end to this practice and i ask. and i ask the government, together with the supreme court , to prepare appropriate amendments to the law. i ask you to carry out this work before october 1 of this year, an additional special instruction given by the security council to analyze the situation when criminal cases are initiated, but not brought to trial, the

number of such cases in recent years has increased significantly, and everyone understands what is behind this. often cases are started without sufficient grounds, or are used to pressure on companies or specific individuals, we will discuss this topic separately in the fall and make additional decisions regarding legislation and the organization of the work of law enforcement agencies. undoubtedly, a major role in creating a modern business environment belongs to regional management teams at the st. petersburg forum, i traditionally note those subjects of the federation that have made significant progress in the national investment climate rating, which is maintained by the agency for strategic initiatives. here we have changes. in the top three, moscow and tatarstan, which continue to lead this year, joined the moscow region for the year. she

rose to eighth place among the leaders in the top three in the leaders of the rating also tula nizhny novgorod tyumen novgorod sakhalin region, st. petersburg and bashkortostan separately. i would like to note the regions with the greatest progress. this is the kurgan region, the growth of 36 positions first and the altai territory, an increase of 26 positions of the ingush. tiya at 24 positions in the ivanovo region, which up 17 positions. i want to thank and congratulate our colleagues in the regions for this work. and, of course, the area of ​​special attention of the federal government of regional municipal teams should be support for business initiatives of citizens in small towns and individual settlements in remote

areas . environmentally friendly products, goods of own production, all over the country through the domestic internet platform, it is important to create here new opportunities to dive modern forms. trade, including electronic platforms, as i said, to reduce logistics transport and other costs, including using modernized russian post offices, it is also necessary to help employees of small companies, self-employed citizens, start-up entrepreneurs with obtaining additional skills and competencies, the corresponding measures are aimed specifically at small cities rural areas remote areas and territories i ask you to include a special line on national projects for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. today i would like to address our leader,

the owner of large companies, our major entrepreneurs and managers. dear colleagues, friends, true lasting success of dignity and self-respect comes only when you connect your future, the future of your children with your homeland . we have been maintaining relationships with many for a long time, and i know the mood of many of our company leaders i heard from you many times from the owners that business is much more. than making a profit. so it is, and the change of life around is a contribution to the development of the hometown of the region of the country.