in the third year, for example, the capital took first place in the ranking of such centers based on the results of the implementation of the national labor productivity project. since october 2023, let me remind you, on the initiative of the moscow government and with the support of the government of the russian federation , half of the sectors for which targeted support for increasing labor productivity should be provided have been expanded. now those regions that are already implementing the national project at the expense of their own budget funds, in particular the capital, can... participation in the national project of enterprises from eleven more industries. we are talking about wholesale trade and catering enterprises, as well as in the healthcare and tourism sectors. they are in many ways, such results are formed thanks to the work of regional teams, thanks to the work of regional centers of competence, thanks to the work of colleagues from regional authorities. of course, the regions take the most active part in our events. we have created a network of regional competence centers. this year we have 10 more regions included in

implementation of the national project and, what is especially important , i would like to note that the donetsk people’s republic has also joined us in the project. well, the experts of the moscow regional competence center, which was created specifically for the implementation of the national project on the basis of the moscow strategic development agency under the department of economic policy and city development, identify the most sensitive areas, and at each enterprise they find suitable lean manufacturing tools for them. as well as hidden reserves and growth points. for 11 months of 2023, the number of metropolitan participants in the national project almost doubled from 111 to 216 companies. and the total economic effect of 105 capital companies that have already completed the active phase of the national project exceeded 4 billion rubles. these are absolutely fantastic numbers. and at those enterprises that were included in the national project, labor productivity increased by more than. also, the enterprise

participants who completed the first phase of the national project this year have already replenished the budget of the capital of our country by 21 billion rubles due to tax revenues, the projects bought themselves fivefold, which means that for every ruble that was spent on the implementation of the project, 5 rubles were returned to the budget. the project in moscow is aimed at involving in a culture of change, involving in a culture of improvement... today in moscow more than 220 enterprises are already in the project, we will have about 450 enterprises by the end of next year, and what we see is actually involvement the main thing is the inclusion of enterprises in the culture of change, and the effects on the economy are significant, enterprises that collaborated with us on the project increased wages by 20%.

no one laid off employees, moscow’s goal by the end of 2024 is to implement a national project at 441 enterprises, to ensure an increase in labor productivity of at least 5% for 50% of participating companies, and as i remind you, the minister of economic development said that one of the priority areas of the national project is labor productivity is mentoring and today, within the framework of the forum ,... the winners of the all-russian competition for best mentoring practices 2023 took place year, two metropolitan companies immediately became winners of this competition. the national labor productivity project has been implemented for 6 years and, as maxim reshetnikov noted, it is important within the framework of it not only to achieve some goals, some results, but to strengthen them, and mentors are precisely the people who will help to successfully implement these tasks. varvara nevskaya, anna tarasenko, evgeny turchak, dialogue with the whole country,

dialogue with everyone. results of the year with vladimir putin december 14, at 12:00 moscow time. in the zaporozhye region they hold the defense russian motorized rifle unit. the enemy does not give up attempts to attack positions, including using prohibited shells. our correspondent igor pikhanov saw how they were neutralized. the destroyed military equipment of vysu is rusting on the zaporozhye fields, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and pickup trucks supplied by western countries are being destroyed by russian artillery and tactical aviation. mine barriers prevent militant vehicles from approaching russian military positions. sapper of the 387th motorized rifle regiment alexey erikov participated in the defense population of kherson and zaporozhye regions. together with sturmo. groups captured and

neutralized positions in the armed forces of ukraine for professionalism and courage, was awarded a medal for courage and a departmental medal for demining, we also accompany our reconnaissance, so that, well... well, so that they can freely go to well and fulfill their goal, so that there are no mines anywhere we didn’t get caught, we didn’t explode anywhere , neither on tripwires nor on any other anti-personnel mines, against tank mines so that they could explode, we also clear cluster mines ammunition, when they are scattered, according to alexey erikov, the militants cannot advance at the front, so they are trying to take it out on the civilian population, they are shelling cities and towns, the russian military is destroying firing points, a sapper is neutralizing unexploded cluster munitions installed remotely... they live peacefully they don’t feel sorry for anyone, no matter who is there, military, not military, it doesn’t matter why they don’t care who they shoot at , why shoot who they are, children, grandparents

, it doesn’t matter who they are that's exactly where they are, they just shoot everything, despite the decrease in the amount of ammunition, the enemy does not stop trying to attack our borders, the russian military, that is, every day they die, die, die, die, and they do not stop, but are transferred from different fronts, most likely there - here, to create the appearance, the appearance of density, that they seem to have strength, that’s all, but in fact they don’t, we are met with heavy fire, now broadcast on our channel. thank you, dear vladimir vladimirovich, dear forum participants, i’m glad welcome you to the opening of the fourteenth international investment forum vtb , russia testament, which traditionally brings together

not only leading representatives of russian business, but also numerous foreign colleagues, in this regard, our current forum is no exception, today in the hall there are: 295 representatives from twenty countries of the world , this is primarily china, india, turkey, iran, the countries of the arabian peninsula, central asia, and africa. throughout all these years, the main task of our forum remain unchanged, this is, first of all , attracting foreign investment into the domestic economy, bringing to the international investment community the most complete information about the opportunities for doing business in russia, the work of the government, the central bank, regional authorities, to improve the business and investment climate. the russian covenant forum has always been aimed at developing equal, mutually beneficial cooperation between our country and the outside world. it would not be

attractive to call him one of the symbols russia's openness of the last two decades , its readiness to integrate into the global economy, to actively interact with both the west and the east, in just a few years, the forum took its rightful place in the international business calendar, became mandatory for many investors, all this became possible thanks to the level of representation , the quality of discussions, a rich program, but most importantly , of course, thanks to the personal participation in the work of our forum, vladimir vladimirovich putin, which makes the event truly unique. let me once again express my sincere gratitude to you for this, vladimir vladimirovich, we know that you just arrived this morning after... a very difficult visit, and now you are here. dear colleagues, friends, the first russian covenant forum took place in the fall of 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis. despite the fact that at that time geopolitics and the world economy still seemed

to exist in parallel, the crisis became the first alarming signal of the unstable, established unipolar model of globalization, when malaise... one, even the largest economy, was seriously unwell to the rest of the world, thereby he raised and forced people to think about the fairness of the principles underlying such a model, as well as the risks for interaction in economics and finance, the conditions of complete dominance in these areas one country and some of its allies. subsequent experience confirmed that these fears were justified; it was finance that became the main weapon of this group of countries to undermine internal political stability and change the law of the elected govt. in 2002, while in moscow,

the then un secretary general, kofen said: opposing globalization is the same as refuting the law of universal gravitation. you can't call it. it all depends on what you put into the concept of globalization in the interests of whom it is developing; the events of recent years have shown that... globalization has broken down and is in a serious crisis. today the planet is undergoing a profound transformation, for a significant part of the world, the global majority, whose representatives present in our room, there is a strong demand for the formation of a more equitable, multipolar multi-system, a new type of globalization. actually, the name of our forum today, life without globalization , uniting a sovereign economy, is a reflection of this long-term trend.

there will be no return of russia and the economy of our country to the previous system. life shows that another development model is possible, and it is also symbolized by the geography of our guests. so far the situation is such that not everyone who wanted to came came. we are with we understand this. in any case , the rubicon has been crossed, now only forward. and we have two busy days ahead. in a few minutes we begin the macroeconomic plenary. session with the participation of the president of the russian federation vladimich putin. during the session , leaders of the financial and economic block , well-known russian businessmen, will speak, including chairman of the bank of russia elvira nabiulina, assistant to the president of the russian federation maxim oreshkin, minister of finance anton siluanov, minister of economic development, maxim reshetnikov, president, chairman of the board of mmc nari nickel, vladimir potanin, co-founder of the company. the session will be moderated by

dmitry pyanov, first deputy president and chairman of the board of vtb bank. it's his birthday today, so we'll consider this a gift for him. tomorrow, thematic sessions are planned for meetings between investors and the management of the largest russian companies, which will also be interesting and informative. and lastly: our forum has always been famous for its interesting ones. cultural events, here we are today we have prepared for you in the evening, before our reception, a performance by a symphony orchestra under the direction of the outstanding conductor, director of the bolshov and marinsky theaters, valery gergiev. it is interesting that the concert will not be held, as usual, within the walls of conservatories or music theaters or concert halls, it will be held in the building of the sports academy, which vtb bank presented to children in petrovsky park in september of this year, this is

the academy where football sections operate today , hockey, gymnastics and many others, today they decided to organize a cultural holiday, i would like to wish the fourteenth international investment forum vtb of russia testament of success to all participants in fruitful meetings and discussions, and now with great pleasure i give the floor to speak... dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, friends, i greet all of you, representatives of domestic foreign business circles in moscow, at a forum called russia calling, it was created, as andrey said, several years ago, and it seems to me that such a good traditional a platform for exchange of opinions between

business colleagues. today i would like to dwell on the tasks that we are solving in the field of finance and investment, and give a general, namely general assessment of how the economy of our country is developing in the current difficult conditions, precisely in general conditions, outlines, because they will tell you all this in detail my colleagues who are here to my right. so they are actually forming this agenda and implementing it. you know that now the entire global system of economic relations is going through a stage of fundamental and, as just said, irreversible changes, they are connected with the fact that the previous model of globalization is being replaced by a multipolar model, andrei leninovichin just remembered the former un secretary general, mr. annona, coffee was a brilliant diplomat, a very good, decent person, i

can say this for sure, and he spoke sincerely, and indeed, then it seemed that it was impossible to deny, and in fact there was nothing to shake off, because there was globalization, it developed, the only question is that it was understood by all people differently, and the goals that people would set were also different, people like coffee believed that coffee anon believed that it should benefit everyone, that everything must be placed on equal terms. nothing like this happened in practice, in fact, this is one country, which was also just now told, it believed that the model of globalization should develop differently, the united states is at the head, kostin just said that they are there with someone then they share with their

allies, no, it turned out that in practice they exploit their allies, just like all other participants economically , this is what this led to, what this leads to today, but i’ll talk about this a little later, but we want to create a new model , such a truly democratic one, and one where real fair competition of all participants in economic activity really takes over, such changes in the landscape of the world economy, the emergence of new leaders to the fore, this is the lens always, at all times and in all spheres, this has always been the case, someone develops, then dies down, new leaders appear, this is how it is in the world economy today, the elites of western countries, however, those who find themselves at the top of this process,

are trying to slow it down, artificially restrain it . growth, as they believe, on the global periphery, which they are used to exploiting, using as a resource, as a source of reference, simply as a colony; for this they resort to sanctions restrictions, for example, it shakes up political situations and provokes conflicts in entire macro-regions, in an attempt to maintain their elusive dominance, the western elites went so far as to abolish the very principles of the market economy that they love to talk about, that’s when this system of so-called globalization took shape, we remember, people here probably remember what they were talking about then said, everyone should be in equal conditions, everyone should be placed in such equal conditions, borders should be open, borders should not be closed under any circumstances, how can this be, this contradicts the idea of ​​world development, how

as soon as competitors appeared, bang and their own borders began immediately in one second. click to close everything, here are all the principles, today they have already gone further, their efforts have crossed out the unshakable, unshakable , it seemed, some unshakable postulates, for example, property rights, european jurisdictions, which until recently were considered safe, quiet, so-called havens, have actually ceased to be them, now the alien principle works here, like on airplanes, where someone else’s can be robbed, left with nothing, and his assets, companies, enterprises can be blocked, taken away and even liquidated as a result of sabotage, as was the case with the nord streams, this is what competition looks like now in a rules-based world, who needs such rules? it is obvious that these actions are destroying

the system of financial, trade, and economic relations that has been built over a decade. including, and above all, of course, the west itself, by the way, the financial infrastructure, which is based on the predominance of the dollar and the euro, the introduction of payments exclusively through western banks and the system swift, also discredited, today its place is successfully occupied by a system of settlements in national currencies, of course, there is still a lot to be done here, of course, this is an obvious, obvious thing, but it is being done and this process will... only gain strength, i will say more , the western financial system is clearly outdated in terms of technology, it has rested on lavas for so long, it has become so accustomed to monopoly and exclusivity, to the lack of real alternatives, to the habit of essentially not changing anything, that it has become archaic, or at least it is becoming archaic, international payments are increasingly

using much more advanced solutions, including those based on blockchain and digital currencies from central banks. according to experts, in the coming years this will lead to a real revolution, which will finally undermine the monopoly of large western banks. and they themselves, as we see, are also not in the best condition. at least some of them, that's for sure. i would like to emphasize again that the world has entered an era of fundamental changes and serious challenges, not only for individual companies from races but also for entire countries and regions of the world. only a strong, stable one can successfully pass this stage and become one of the growth centers of the new global economy. and i want to emphasize. i definitely want to emphasize this and put emphasis on this: a sovereign country, this is extremely important, this is something that is interconnected in economics and

politics, with a powerful, and a country with powerful industrial, technological, infrastructural, personnel and financial potential, with dynamic own market, a country that clearly knows how to defend the political, economic... trade interests, interests of the national business of their foreign business partners. such countries, as it turned out, exist, despite any external pressure, there is clanking of teeth, knocking on the table, whispering in the ear, there are people, leaders of countries, and powerful countries, who do not succumb to this pressure and are guided primarily by their own.. .with national interests, and they fit into the framework that we propose for development, we have proven that we are capable of responding to the most complex challenges. the russian economy is effectively coping with

attempts from outside to restrain the development of our country. the key was the fundamental, as it turned out, margin of safety that we have been building over the past 20 years. and especially since 2014, after the introduction of the first large-scale ones. against russia, then we focused on developing the consumer sector, strengthening the financial sector and creating our own payment infrastructure. let me remind you that one of the first decisions of the west last year was to disconnect russian banks from the visa and mastercard system. calculation was that this would make it impossible to pay for goods and services, that payments would collapse, and therefore paralyze the banking sector. countries, as some western colleagues put it, they wanted to make our citizens suffer, such were the humanistic plans

for russian citizens, they wanted to create problems for millions of russian families, however, what happened in practice, citizens and businesses actually did not notice the seamless transition to a national payment system the system that works successfully today is developing and at the same time, we stopped paying commissions to western companies, they just didn’t receive what they could have earned in russia, well, of course, we have something to work on here , probably the chairman of the central bank of elviran will talk about this, of course, there is, but in any case in this case, the goals set by our ill-wishers have clearly not been achieved, on the contrary, we are simply strengthening our sovereignty in this area, and we are doing this quite confidently, this is just one example in finance, industry, in the consumer market, we are step by step, we refuse imposed services, brands and

intermediaries, in fact, we are actively developing our own market, and this, of course, leads to systemic positive results, so over 10 months of this year, russia’s gross domestic product grew by 3.2 percent, today it is already higher, than it was before the western sanctions attack. it is expected that by the end of this year, at least we all really count on it, gdp will increase by at least 3.5%. well, you must admit, the people here are all literate, this is a good indicator for the russian economy. russia, the largest the european economy, in terms of growth rates, is now ahead of everything... the leading countries of the european union, while in the structure of economic growth in russia an increasingly large share is occupied by the so-called basic non-resource industries, these are

manufacturing, transport, logistics, construction, information, communications, housing and communal services farming, for example, in the second quarter of this year they accounted for more than half, 54%. another 44% are the so-called supporting industries, trade, catering, other professional services, only 2%, i want to emphasize, only 2% was accounted for by mining, well now let someone say that russia is a gas station, as they tried to talk about this quite recently, yes, of course, there are a number of sectors that have not yet... ' have fully recovered, have not fully adapted to new conditions, for example, wood processing, there are reasons for this, it was largely tied to european markets, but at the same time

, let's say, by the way, in wood processing the situation is also changing for the better, but for example, in the automotive industry, it was going through difficult times, but we had a lot, there was a lot of dependence on components, this is certainly one of the affected industries, but it is gradually emerging from the crisis. i would like to separately note that despite the objective difficulties, russian business has proven itself extremely responsibly, so i... by chance i want to thank my colleagues for this: not only retained work teams, established new supply chains, but launched projects in the domestic consumer market, in in the high-tech sector of the economy, in tourism, in other industries, it is actively occupying niches that were vacated after a number of western companies left our market; did they think that everything would collapse, or what? nothing of the kind happened, everything was taken over from them , they went forward, and action... our

entrepreneurs are very confident, i want to emphasize that we are interested in our market being open and competitive, this is the key to development, an incentive for the qualitative growth of the domestic business of the entire russian economy, i repeat, russia does not expels and does not close itself off from anyone, from anyone, many foreign enterprises, organizations, despite the pressure of their governments, their own officials, declared that they want to continue working in our country, we only welcome this, uh, these are our colleagues , despite external pressure, they either changed their name and retained their presence in the market, or simply handed it over to management , to be honest, with the right to buy back, that’s all, well, god bless them, let them work, we will only support it, you know, you can throw loud slogans and threats at us as much as you like,

but in the end, this is the business of some western politicians who intend to cancel russia, but all this hype is not able to cancel the immutable fact, to work with russia and in russia profitable, it was profitable, it is now profitable and will be profitable, and this fact has been confirmed by centuries, by the experience of generations, merchants, entrepreneurs, businessmen around the world. from the beginning of march 2022 to november this year, the number of foreign companies in russia, i want to draw your attention to this, despite all the pressure from the political elites of the west, the number of foreign structures, business structures operating in russia has not decreased, you can imagine, i myself was surprised to discover, when i looked at the materials, it has increased by 1 in march

2022, 24,1000 foreign organizations were registered in russia; as of november 1 of this year, there were almost 1,500 more of them, namely 25,000. well, this is an indicator of readiness and desire to work in russia. growth of internal market and expanding contacts between russia and the countries of asia, the middle east, and the south. latin america and africa open up additional opportunities for our economy and for almost any business. i will give some indicative figures: in a year and a half, the number of domestic light industry companies increased by 80%, furniture manufacturers by 30%, children's toys by 20%. during the same time, that is, over the last year and a half,

the number of goods has increased by more than a third. signs that belong to russian companies, what is it about says that investments in projects for the production of such products in the creation of new enterprises and jobs throughout the country are profitable and profitable, so for 9 months of this year the profit of large medium-sized companies in the real sector exceeded 26 three rubles, which turned out to be about a quarter more than a year earlier. this is a good indicator, business does not just earn profit, it invests in development, which means it believes in the prospects, in the future of our economy. in the second quarter of this year investments in fixed assets added 12.6%, in the third quarter already 13.3%. investments are increasing, what does this mean, well, everyone present,