belarusian-russian business council in moscow. today in russia alone there are more than 6 million representatives of small medium-sized businesses, as well as 8 million self-employed people. these are the owners of cafes, restaurants, private shops, hairdressers, farms and agricultural estates. among them are private companies that provide services in the field of tourism, healthcare and car service. this is mainly retail and small wholesale trade. but in the field of industrial cooperation, small medium-sized businesses are practically not involved today. therefore, private entrepreneurs who work in the market of the union state need to be more actively involved in production chains. at inoprom we agreed with our belarusian colleagues to thoroughly study this topic and come up with government proposals for the creation of a special programs to support those smes that will work in the manufacturing sector. our task is for them to have stable orders from large companies, this is: to improve production lines or somewhere there their