German Gref: Russia is an amazing country that managed to achieve an impossible situation of achieving results
One of the most interesting and controversial forum platforms is the so-called Sberbank Business Breakfast. A large morning meeting of experts – politicians and businessmen of the highest level.
Herman Gref. The first is the reorientation of the main exports to the East, here the “pipe” metaphor was used many times and in a variety of meanings, and the second scenario is a change in the structure of the economy. Here are the highlights of this conversation.
“The most important issue, around which we butt heads all the time, is what we demand from the Ministry of Economic Development, that we should be given conditions and forecasts after all. What is the point then of dreaming and striving for the future?” – said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
“Modernization or degradation — that is the question. When I say the word “modernization”, everything is clear here, everyone has told, dreams, dreams, dreams. The reality so far is the Lada Granta, which we are going to release. I will not waste airtime and say what will not be in this Lada Grant. It will be more expensive than that “Lada Grant” with a full set, which he already had. Who will build the bridge? If the same ones who stop import substitution, then what difference does it make – pipes are better then, ”said Andrey Makarov, a deputy of the State Duma.
“Nevertheless, we must understand that there is only one conclusion. Yes, we will fix everything someday, we will have Coca-Cola, we will also have chillers. But the problem is that they are expensive for us. And the productivity of our activities will be lower than that of our competitors from other countries. We conducted a survey on why import substitution in our country is ineffective. There are tariffs, taxes, a lot of things. But one question came out on top – 56% said that the main thing that hinders development, especially import substitution, is the unpredictability of state policy, ”said Boris Titov, authorized under the President of Russia to protect the rights of entrepreneurs.
“That’s why everyone dislikes the Ministry of Finance. There are a lot of proposals, dreamers, but the reality is completely different, and when you form a budget, these are figures that appear, and they must have their own balance. And this balance must converge, so I want to call everyone to reality. This is the first remark about the first part. The second is by money. Which is better – subsidies, taxes, and so on? Both. But it should be more precise and targeted. As they say, all sisters will not succeed in earrings, because resources are limited, ”said Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance.
“It seems to me that we are posing the question a little strangely. First, the first fundamental question is about the future. Is it necessary to build a new secondary revolution, a new revolution, or to restore the old one? In my opinion, the answer to this question is absolutely obvious. We have no other choice but to restore the old one today. It’s just that if we don’t restore today, we won’t have any resources to build a new one,” said businessman Alexei Mordashov.
“It seems to me. that the key quality of any leader is optimism. You can’t be an entrepreneur, you can’t be an evolving, unreceptive optimist. In the darkest situation, which would seem at a possible moment, we must set a goal, an impossible goal towards which we must move, and only the strategy of the impossible today can give us success. Russia is an amazing country that managed in an impossible situation to realize always an optimistic realization, the achievement of a result. I am an absolute optimist, I believe that we have all the prerequisites to solve those problems, even in the most severe conditions of lack of resources, the presence of a restructuring of everything, to solve the problem that we could not solve, ”says German Gref, head of Sberbank.
Photo and video: St. Petersburg TV channel