lavelle for a german let's continue our discussion on the russian economy before the forum in st petersburg ben if i can go to you you mentioned it in the first part of the program looking at political risk here when people are some ball in st petersburg there's going to be a number of academics there and businesspeople there and politicians want to know what kind of impact the recent protests have had on the current government thinking about reforming the economy what's your what's your take on it that's the point they are thinking about it i mean the the protesters have stood up and said we want to bit more say in how this country is run and the kremlin has to listen and it has been listening i think the issue now is going forward it's finding a balance between the protest movement and their demands and how the government is going to react to that and i think the government side is going to be a mixed bag on the one hand they are listening and they've reintroduce a popular election of governors and which is a step forward which putin got rid of when he took over in two thousand but on the oth

along at the moment ok always the optimiser what about you simon i mean ben just gave a real mixed bag here at the st petersburg forum this year what do investors want to hear to bring money back into the country again we all agree that there are external shocks here but what proactive element can the russian government do to start bringing the money back in also predispose a great place to be in the summer. obviously many multinationals there. waiting with bated breath to see what president putin says. the new cabinet stays as it is is a move forward we're seeing we're seeing you know there's a whole raft of new people within within the within the government now that said many of them were deputy ministers that are basically stepping up but you know for foreign companies want to see a little more action less and less words would like to see a substantial movement on things like you know corruption which is always said on the on the program we would like to see significant increases in infrastructure there are many many projects that need doing across russia over the olympics coming up in the world cup coming u