Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov TASSHe said that the agenda of President Vladimir Putin’s meeting on the economy, held on April 11, does not include discussion of VTB chairman Andrey Kostin’s proposals for a new privatization and other means for economic growth.
Asked whether Kostin’s ideas were discussed in the closed part of the meeting, the Kremlin spokesman replied, “No, they were not discussed.”
Andrey Kostin, ex-president of VTB Bank presented Continue privatization in Russia. He believes that priority state projects can be financed by restarting privatization processes – which should not only replenish the budget, but also give impetus to “areas where initiative and the ability to make quick and non-standard decisions are important” where the state monopoly fails. to deal with. Economist Anton Tabakh suggested that in conditions of departure of foreigners, financial structures with state participation, such as VTB itself, would be buyers of assets.