Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after signing bilateral paperwork together with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana, Kazakhstan November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov/File Photograph Acquire Licensing Rights
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin met Russian enterprise leaders this week to encourage them to take a position extra at residence, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Thursday.
“The dialogue was about potential steps to enhance the attractiveness of our financial system for funding. To create extra aggressive circumstances for finishing the method of transferring corporations right here; redomiciling was actively featured on the agenda,” Peskov instructed reporters in a briefing.
The sanctions imposed since Moscow despatched its troops into Ukraine final yr have made it a lot more durable for Russian corporations to do enterprise with Western international locations, and plenty of Western corporations have left Russia or try to take action.
“The overwhelming majority of entrepreneurs who took half have in a method or one other encountered unlawful remedy overseas, and now the method of transferring their enterprise to Russian jurisdiction is actively beneath manner, utilizing all obtainable mechanisms,” Peskov stated.
He stated representatives of the federal government had been current on the talks on Wednesday, together with members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Kevin Liffey; Modifying by Mark Trevelyan
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