Outstanding quotes from SPIEF 2019: Forum participants on international relations

The article examines the country’s acute economic problems and substantiates the need of socio-economic development acceleration, discusses ways to achieve national development goals, and shows that national projects are important, but not the only mechanisms for achieving them. The urgent need for the formation of a full-fledged comprehensive Strategy for the socio-economic development of the country for the prospective period, as well as the available experience in developing strategic documents at the federal and regional levels, have been identified. Attention is paid to the experience of strategic development planning in St. Petersburg. The urgent need to create incentives for business development and the formation of a favorable investment climate has been identified. The article defines methods for enhancing the mechanisms for the implementation of national and regional development projects and programs, including specific methods for achieving the goals, such as conducting continuous monitoring of their achievement, using methods of foresight, regulatory guillotine, triple helix, etc.

Asia’s goods factories are looking for new opportunities to connect with Europe. By opening up new and expanding old transport corridors, Russia is playing an increasingly important role in the Eurasian Economic Space. The country is approaching the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a new Spatial Development Strategy, envisaging progress in high-speed communication lines and growing capacity of many important railways.

This publication by KPMG provides an overview of key tax and legal issues that are important for those planning to do business in Russia, and clarifies specific aspects of the Russian market that are relevant for foreign investors.

Minister for the development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexei Chekunkov spoke to the Eastern Economic Forum 2022 magazine about the impact the current political situation is having on the development of the region, the most profitable infrastructure project in Russian history, and a new approach to urban planning.