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RSPP President Alexander Shokhin addressed the participants of IV Eurasian Forum in Verona which is held on October 22-23, 2015.
In his speech Alexander Shokhin told about the forecasts of Russia’s economic development and business view on them. He noted that the period of the economic crisis is an opportunity for the most active companies to make a breakthrough in their development, and for the state – to take up structural reforms aimed at making the structure of the economy more effective. Alexander Shokhin emphasized that the Russian business has demonstrated its ability to work under the pressure of the crisis. However. business is concerned about a number of problems, in particular unavailability of borrowed funds and shortage of working capital, instability of exchange rates, and low demand. According to the RSPP President, the set of measures implemented by companies to minimize the negative effects of the crisis is broad. Some companies are cutting costs of personnel, raw materials and services. Others implement systemic measures – maintain or even increase the volume of investment programs and introduce energy-saving technologies.
The forum is organized by Conoscere Eurasia Association and “St. Petersburg International Economic Forum” Foundation.
The discussion of the forum focuses on cooperation of Italy, Russia and Eurasian countries in economy and finance, energy, in particular alternative sources of energy, infrastructure, agribusiness and innovations.
The forum is attended by more than 1000 high-level representatives of the EU and Eurasian Economic Union governmental authorities, business associations and companies.
The forum has become an important platform for Italian – Russian – Eurasian economic and business dialogue on the current agenda.