Vladimir Putin
President, Russian Federation









«Russia has not been a shortened map of the Soviet Union for a long time now. It is an independent, quite self-sustaining State that is getting more and more confident of itself.
...In these years we have learned how to tell real possibilities from the virtual ones. And, finally, we have recognized the supremacy of internal problems over external effects. That is why Russia‘s leadership has been working hard now on ways to put in order and develop exactly the very domestic economic processes. And one of this policy‘s basic goals is to become a magnet for both domestic investors and competent business circles of the world...
We know well that the magnet attraction cannot happen all by itself. It could be ensured only by tangible economic results and openness to the world. It is achieved by a clear understanding of all the complexity of problems and tasks that are either being solved or still facing the country. But our successes are not the least dependent on objectivity, trust and patience of all those, whom by already having all the reasons we can consider our partners».


From President Putin's speech at the meeting with leading British industrialists and entrepreuners