[000:00:00;00] the tax payments bill is designed in such a way that you can pay next year 10% or half the rate, but this year the choice of taxpayers, the minister of energy, also shared his business situation in an exclusive interview, primarily, of course, in the energy sector . in particular, he said that in new regions, the restoration and construction of generating capacities is gradually, but is already happening now and, in the whole country. here is the old coal generating capacity in russia gradually are replaced by renewable energy sources, in general, the topics of the green agenda this year at the forum traditionally pay attention, first of all, to the principles of sustainable development and sg and this is social environmental responsibility, as well as competent management. well, nikolai shulginov noted that, but renewable energy sources.

actually, it's not just wind and sleep. first of all, these are hpps, which account for the lions and the share of production, and also the ministers noted that they answered current questions about the current state of the gasoline market. so we have a market production is secured. our oil refining is growing, e.g., the production of motor fuels. uh, also, that's why we have yes soon time is out of repair. uh, the refineries are the largest, so there are reserves of gasoline today, so balanced i expect some consequences. the day of the forum held a panel dedicated to energy issues. and the chief executive officer of rosneft igorievich made a report on the main topics. his reports were, including the green agenda. transition to electric vehicles northern sea route changes in the global economy as a whole and the departure from the dollar. in particular, also the redirection

of gas supplies. to asia, rising oil prices and climate change. here, as for the last point according to crossed global warming stimulates the growth of demand for energy carriers and here there are new benefits of investments in the arctic. climate change also creates new opportunities related to access to the resources of the arctic zone, where the resources already discovered only by our company amount to about 20 billion tons. oil equivalent. global warming is another significant factor in the growth of energy consumption, in turn, ventilation and air conditioning systems in the world already account for about ten percent, and in the fiftieth year, the global demand for maintaining indoor microclimates can also be arranged in terms of total energy consumption. it will surpass the us and the eu together, according to an exclusive interview with our tv channel and

vtb president and chairman of the board andrey kostin. in particular. he said, of course however, even in the network of sanctions, our economy has successfully adapted, and those countries that took them out themselves turned out to be a blow, let's say so. well, now there is such a global economic restructuring. this is painful not only for our country, it is going on all over the world, as far as the situation inside the country is concerned, of course, we still have gaps in industry. well, in terms of dependence on western technologies, but they can be successfully replaced as well. hey, you need to fill it out. mm to develop road infrastructure, first of all we are talking about the transport corridors of the south, and the east and to expand funding for such projects, there are financial opportunities, but as far as macroeconomic forecasts are concerned , the trends are positive and despite the problems with all the challenges of our economy. uh, it turns out to cope. russia has a very large margin of safety. you know that we

are far from having used up all our reserves that we have. although, we have been robbed and a significant part of us today, frozen, both the money of the central bank and the money of the plot of our investors, but you have the money know and have the private sector. why? i am actually actively advocating that the private sector could invest more, because the funds are liquid today for a fairly large company. today , anyway, they worked with a profit and the banks work with a profit. yes, the question is important that this money does not flow away somewhere again if it cannot be used here, right? the labor market was also given great attention, during all the days of the forum, according to andrey kostin, in our country, first of all, you need to pay attention to the system education and invest in an educational project, and especially taking into account the development of technology, in particular artificial intelligence. as for demographics, it

is important here to increase the birth rate of a colleague. yes , our colleagues told no business program and key statements. drop to get back. why are there so many new things ahead? lada vesta new generation well, another one of the guests of the st. petersburg international economic forum was the former minister of foreign affairs. austria, she held this post from 2017 to 2019, then she was a member of board of directors of rosneft. in particular. because of

this, karen kneiser was subsequently hunted down in her homeland and forced to leave her homeland. at first she moved to france, but even there live these most full of bile people with bright faces, who, by threats to life, forced her to leave this territory in the end. she now lives in lebanon and told a lot of interesting things in an interview with our channel. let's watch and listen. i'm incredible. pleasant to meet here in reality. you know, probably, yes, so that in russia directly legend you call yourself a political refugee moved to lebanon by the way, lebanon is one of my favorite countries in the middle east, i love it very much. lebanon i am happy even for you that you live there, but at the same time , i can’t say that i hate austria

you miss austria i grew up there and you know my departure from austria is the result of long thoughts, these reflections began at the beginning of 2020 and ended, so to speak, with their final move to france in the fall of 2021. and before that, there was the first ban on work. it was the most i would say dramatic event for me. i had to earn money somehow. they began to accuse me of having created spy networks in the ministry, that i had committed high treason . as for the positive points, and what makes the lebanese very surprised at the answer to the question. why i moved to lebanon is freedom of speech, they also ask me why i didn’t come to russia in the spring of 2022 , they really kicked me out, i had to live with a very small planning horizon. after they put me out from france from the eu it was impossible to arrive in russia for logistical reasons.

i was disembarked from at least two planes and there was no plane for me, really very alarming signals from france from my very good friend ksenia fedorova, she heads the french republican rt about what is happening there with freedom of speech, in general with their attitude towards people. well, it's somehow in my opinion vile or not even humane, but this is my opinion. and as we say, returning to the news. uh, recently, answer questions. and possibly russian citizenship. you said, that that's what you first need to read the war and peace of leo tolstoy well, you know, this is not such a small book, that is, this is your veiled way of saying. e when the cancer whistles on the mountain, or do you still have something in mind, you want to move to russia, i'm like a father. yes, but that has always been my dream. it really was my plan. once read, written by thick war and peace. well

, probably, because a good deal of this novel is written in french, the first five pages were great, because there was lots of french, and my russian teacher is also great. you know, she has a really, really good approach. we take the most important and new terms that i want to learn and what fascinates me reading this in 2023 is that the novel was written in the middle of the 19th century, but the action takes place in 1812, as well as me and the earth, how relevant it is with uh, do you think that what was written then is relevant now is extremely relevant from the very first phrase anna pavlovna gave me goosebumps when vasily was talking to her guest. she greets him and asks him not to speak.

don’t mention austria austria austria betrayed us dumb, says a lot of historical parallels between the times of war and peace of leo tolstoy as he portrayed that reality and between the modern world in one of the interviews, it seems like a year ago you were talking about sanctions against russia and about the desire for countries to be ready eu to impose these sanctions and you said, i'm sorry. just not sure about the accuracy of the quote, that the european union is not the union in its true definition. how are you now you are evaluating the current situation in europe and regarding relations, because we see that they are actually stepping on the throat with their own national interest, refusing russian gas. hmm, something was completely wrong with international relations. yes, and in terms of many things of democracy, people power, demographics, and so on and so forth. you are wet in terms of everyday life in lebanon is difficult.

but, when i open the online edition and read a little, the german austrian and french media in an hour. i tell myself that well, maybe it’s not bad to be in lebanon and not there, because first of all in lebanon. it's really freedom is thinking. live and let live in lion, there is a consensus that there are many people who accept the fact that there is no absolute truth. these people in the east accept much more than in europe, which used to be a place of pluralism. but you only have black and white. and this is a common picture of a way of thinking, or they still say one thing, uh, mainstream media a completely different in people's minds. that 's often the case, too. here it is necessary to look not at the total mass, but at each individual country, as

i mentioned earlier, the french are much calmer about russia, but the germans are the austrians, the italians, for example, the italians also lived in spain, i lived there, as well as in portugal and ireland, they don’t track . they have their own problems. they are not as connected historically geographically and economically as poland and the czech republic, which have their own history, but in the german-speaking world. i would say, in general, there is hatred, deep-rooted hatred that is more than just elite or government topics, because some people have said that. yesterday during the devatas that people think differently, i take it a little more calmly, because i experience bullying every day. and i'm not even talking about social media. i'll just give an example, some austrian newspapers wrote huge articles today that i 'm here on the forum and oh my god, i'm in inter taz, when asked about coming to russia, i replied that i would like to finish these books and then think about it, and they put this phrase

as a title. i looked at the comments on this article. there were hundreds of comments that this russian prostitute should already have left to deprive her of citizenship and execute her, she should be tried in the hague, but i did not take bribes in my country for decades, i paid taxes. i lived in an academic environment in fairly decent conditions. it's an attitude a by-product of all this hatred for russia now when you ask me what they are do against themselves. i think we've always had a tendency to embrace the apocalypse with open arms. we can continue this conversation. i feel infinite, but our time on the air is not infinite. yes, thank you for being with us. thanks for the great conversation. if you still decide to move to russia, then, it seems to me, you don’t have to finish reading war and peace or all of leo tolstoy there, i felt everything was in order with the russian

way of thinking. thank you very much. yes, a very interesting interview for understanding such pictures in general. let's get back to other important ones. ah, to the statements of the important decision made at the st. petersburg international economic forum so vladimir putin instructed the government, together with the agency for strategic initiatives and business associations, to develop a domestic assessment of the business climate in russia, similar to the former rating, and the world bank, which is called doing business as stated by the russian leader at the plenary session during the development of the domestic model of target conditions for doing business. at the national level, it is necessary to take into account the best world experience. in fact, the compilation of this investment rating at the regional level. we have traditionally on the form of an agency of strategic initiatives, and summed up its results. here it is on the top line. we just showed this list yesterday. let's go over it again

, it turned out that moscow is second in tatarstan , nizhny novgorod, tyumen, moscow region well , how do they make up the rating? what parameters are taken into account in an interview with our colleague anya lazareva told about the ceo agency of strategic initiatives svetlana chuvashina? let's get a look. svetlana vitalievna hello hello traditionally, the announcement of the results of the rating of the best subjects in terms of investment attractiveness is such a very important event for all regions and for the forum. tell us what are the results this year. let's sum up this year, this year we have summed up the rating for the tenth time, if we take it, including the first year such a pilot year, when they all counted, for the fifth year in a row, we have a leading position in moscow ah. moreover, moscow is not something that has retained, but its positions, and they have an increase of 6%, and

compared to the index of last year. and these are the highest indicators for the country as a whole, because the average has been driven by an increase in the integral index of four percent. this suggests that the leaders are standing still, and every year they improve, uh, investment rating indicators. in second place , we also traditionally have tatarstan, the republic of tatarstan a with an increase of 4%, compared to the results of last year, and i want to note that what is the result of tatarstan this year, but corresponds to the leadership position of moscow last year, that is, last year. it was first place. ah, third place. we have placed three regions at once. this is the moscow region, nizhny novgorod and tyumen region in fourth place. we also have three subjects. this is a republic, bashkortostan and

the tula region, the sakhalin region, and in fifth place we have two regions of the novgorod region, the krasnodar territory, interestingly, here we have the sixth position, firstly, for the first time in the top 10 entered the chechen republic and immediately took sixth place and st. petersburg as well. moved to the sixth position in the investment rating. for 10 years already, the invest rating can be said about the results of this work that you carry out every year. , and in terms of supporting investment projects, which i am talking about, and today in each region special organizations have been created that accompany

this is the whole investment process, and in fact they lead the entrepreneurs of the investor in the region by the hand all the way through all the necessary approvals for obtaining support measures, and the second is very much, and today it has been created in the regions. a-a priority development area yes industrial parks industrial parks of special economic zones. e, where, as it were, special regimes are being formed, special conditions for investors for entrepreneurs who do their business in our country, and third, and today, and already competition between regions goes not in parts. you know the tax benefits, who is less, who is more, and in terms of service, speed, speed, additional services. yes, some services of direct communication with the management of the subject. this

drastically shortens the procedures today. and if we talk about all the necessary stages, e.g. the implementation of the project. well, for example, from the stage of signing the agreement. yes, i don’t know the launch of the plant’s enterprise, i want to bring it. what did we have a discussion with the entrepreneur? ah, well, probably, yes, 10 years ago. and when he spoke, you know, i have, for example, typical model, well, there is a plant yes , we calculated the enterprise here in malaysia. i opened it in one year, but in the russian region, and i will not name the region there, but 3 years. well, he says, for me it is, of course, a colossal threefold difference. uh, financial resources are temporary. yes, costs and well, in fact, the investment payback, yes , the payback period of the project, then today. in principle, all conditions have been created. they are very uh, already the difference is even between regions and

minimal. here in these optimal terms for the launch and start of the project, when the deadlines permission to obtain a building permit, there 10 years ago. it was 3,000 days on the model object. we were then a residential building, but we thought today. we have the maximum time limit. i looked at all regions, the maximum is 135 days. and so these are already indicators of 20 30 40 days, yes, i would like to note the full cycle, as it were. here, too , a plant was recently built in the republic of bashkortostan. here again since the signing, yes, the investment agreement. the plant was built in 9 months. not that it’s just even construction , but with everyone, yes, there, again, there permissions connections before entering. that's all the launch. yes, the investor has been there for nine months, he says, i did not believe that there could be such terms at all, but now, how would

the regional team be able to do this today, because the regulatory framework has already been created, the necessary business processes have been built. removed a lot of these. here, as it were, a lot of unnecessary procedures of bureaucracy of pieces of paper have been translated into electronic form there for the investor for business, which, of course, saves the resources of the entrepreneur there. therefore, these are probably the key tasks that i completed rating is what it is. that's in the spirit of the competition, when the regions are constantly improving. all these business processes are services for working with entrepreneurs and create unique competitive conditions, both for foreign investors and, first of all , for russian business. well, nevertheless , the president instructed the russian government to develop a program to support promising domestic projects and companies. a. that is, we are already talking about the future. if we summed up here, yes, 10 years of the previous work, then

here about the future, what kind of program will this be? er, well, the president too. yes, hmm , it is repeatedly said in public speeches that our counterparties did not wait, uh, the collapse, yes, of the russian economy, and indeed thanks to the decisions of the government of the russian federation by the regional authority. yes, here are their programs, yes, response support, but the business has succeeded in this completion. well, how to provide. uh, good performance yes economic in the twenty-second year. well, we look quite confidently too, but, as it were, for 23 years from the point of view, there is inflation from in terms of investment, but the potential and entrepreneurial activity i want to say that over the past 5 years. we have said that the investment activity of the regions. it,

well, as it were, is increasing, so here is just this task of developing such a program of growth trajectory, and for russia there for regional ones. well, as if the regional authorities, it should also be such a driver, and without the disease growth from micro, but smes, medium-sized businesses, taking into account what is we have a separate national project to support smes. and by the way, i want to say that according to the results of the investment rating this year. we also see an increase in business satisfaction with support measures for small businesses, an increase in employment in the sme sector, and an increase in e, companies of a series of small medium enterprises in the whole country, so this also gives. well, how about some

optimism for us and, in order to adjust, among other things, to this big program, and to the big national project, and not only state services, but services entrepreneurs for the entrepreneur, that is, platforms that allow this. yes, including offering e opportunities, a on formation. and fast sales there. yes, there are presentations of their goods and services. and here we launched a russian brand competition there, in order to see in general, where in what sectors are they represented today yes, such fast-growing companies companies that, uh, are already demonstrating quite good performance in the domestic market in terms of consumer demand and with potential for export markets other markets. and now, as part of this program, we have already attracted about 50 business partners, namely

, there are no states, but this is a platform, but electronic digital trading platforms. ozone wildberries yandex and sber are connected here with their services. and these are retail chains, and x5 is a magnet, but, which, among other things, give freely yes, there are shelves for russian shelves there. for russian brands that have the potential for this growth and potential, again, the interests of the consumer. these are information channels of communication promotion social networks federal channels, which also allocate us quotas for this project and their capacities and resources for promotion. the russian export center of goods is also with its programs and services. uh, with the promotion of goods and services at international exhibitions. and on a-a

promotion in terms of exit. yes, for export. so we want to see what , well, it is precisely within the framework of this program to attract, just there are no state resources and services that will help us provide this one, well, let's call it seamless, maybe be, yes, a painless growth transition, but because well, again, there matters, uh, business there mother, what today is up to what today is missing? even in the competition, we set criteria, that in two years companies should show revenue growth, although these two years were not easy yes, these are pandemic sanctions, and we have 5,000 companies declared. yes, there are 5,000 companies demonstrating for the competition , revenue growth there is from 10 and up, but i won’t say infinity there, but this includes companies that orientated themselves in a situation when they left

foreign players, yes, foreign companies of substitution, they have replaced niches, yes, or they are increasing their share in the domestic market. someone, for example, there with 5% there today already has ambitions up to 50%, and localization and melocalization, not an occupation. yes, there are shares of the domestic market, including, yes. for export, therefore, it’s very important here, what the president is talking about to support such companies in this ambition of growth and entry, and there volumes of increasing the volume of domestic market, and including, i’m talking, uh, there on export, therefore, there is also potential for business, but it’s very good, as it were in this situation, a is oriented and we see such success stories, and in all sectors, starting from consumer goods, let’s call them that, yes, a to high technologies and creative economies . thank you very much for the interview.

thank you let's continue summing up the results of the st. petersburg international economic forum. the world youth festival will be held from february 29 to march 7, 24 in sirius. this time, the age limit for participants will be lowered so that they can take part representatives of the russian movement of children, youth on the eve of the st. petersburg international