Speaking at the International Investment Forum Sochi-2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Russia has a chance to become one of the world's centers of attraction of investments. We appreciate that even in a difficult first half for us, we recorded growth of foreign direct investment, - said the head of government. According to him, the inflow of foreign direct investment in Russia in 1 half of this year totaled $ 17 billion
Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia is open to foreign investors. Of special value to the country have investment projects which involve the transfer of modern technologies in Russia, he said.
Speaking about the public investment of the economy, Putin said that despite thereduction of budget revenues, in 2009, funding development projects continued. The federal appropriations for transportation infrastructure this year will amount to 560 billion rubles. Including on roads designed 312 billion rubles. In total, some 500 billion rubles went to stimulate the construction industry, housing solutions, - said the prime minister. According to him, the total amount of investment programs of natural monopolies will be about 2 trillion rubles.
According to Vladimir Putin, the crisis has shown once again that the problem of lack of investment can not be solved without the formation of a mature financial market.
Therefore, steps will be taken to improve the working of the banking sector and stock market, the introduction of flexible and at the same time more secure investment instruments savings. What is crucial for the emergence of the country's so-called long-term funds - said Prime Minister. Because the outflow of shareholders this year were forced to wind up for three open investment fund …
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