Medvedev: Russian economy needs to be protected from dramatic fluctuations
The Russian economy should be safeguarded against dramatic fluctuations, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday (June 21). “The economy should be defended against abrupt fluctuations in the first instance. Clearly this goal cannot be reached in 1-2 years but diversification of the economy and change of its structure remains the most important task of the state and the government,” Medvedev said. The government is...
Putin refuses to surrender Russia
Aleksey Kudrin, Chairman of the Strategic Developments Centre called Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the economic council panel to reduce geopolitical tension. He believes it would help the Russian economy. Kudrin tried to convince Putin that Russia should be built in the international technological chains. Putin refused from the proposal and claimed that it’s not Russia that initiated this conflict and added that he was not...