The President speaks about modernization, but only trifling sum was allocated for those five key areas of modernization, which he outlined in his Address. Funding is neither provided for development of the real sector of economy. You can formulate brilliant ides, you can make world-class discoveries, but there will be nowhere to implement them. We have no machinery construction, no aviation industry, the automotive industry does not develop, robotics is neglected and very little is invested in space.

Rating of the top 50 socially oriented companies in Russia

Evaluation of each subject of the Russian Federation as an object of systematic management of the country’s economy, focus of the state integration policy on the achievement of real strategic goals, such as meeting social requirements and development of socio-economic potential of the country in the long run — all this is lacking today in domestic economic policy.

What kind of financial system is it, in which incredible for other countries losses of foreign exchange reserves, acquired with such difficulty over the decades, occur? It is clear that such financial system needs major adjustments.

It’s possible to say surely that for many centuries two models of relationship in society co-exist — control (diktat!) or partnership, and predominance of one or another component determines the type of corresponding public formation.

In contrast to the U.S. dollar, euro or pound, congested by debt obligations of the corresponding states, there are good prospects for the issue of reserve currency of the Eurasian Economic Community. This role at the present stage could be played by the Russian ruble, especially as there is an objective economic need, defined by the development potential of the Customs Union.

Alexander Ageev’s opening remarks.

The name itself — Far East — suggests that this is a remote region, and for its harmonious development and comfort life of nationals it is necessary to solve transportation problems.

Innovative development of economy, without which it is hard to end the stagnation of science is not real, but only the declared goal of public policy

Russia needs at least five percent growth so that in a historically foreseeable future — the lifetime of the current working generation (20-30 years) to reach, by economic and social indicators, the leading civilized countries standing on a par with the most developed countries in the world