Medvedev: it is necessary to increase lending to the real sector of the economy
It is necessary to increase volumes of crediting of real sector of economy, said the Prime Minister Medvedev D. a..
"The main challenge facing the Bank in the current moment is to increase volumes of crediting of the real sector given the issues that exist in the economy: the decline in production, the numbers are different, some of them alarming," said Medvedev at the meeting of the Supervisory Board of VEB on Thursday.
He noticed that in conditions when the Russian economy continues to feel the pressure of a number of negative factors, the web needs to maintain its position as a key financial institution for development.
"To work under the direction of the maximum effective, the Bank had issued money, more resources, and among them accepted opinion on the placing on Deposit with VEB 300 billion rubles from the national welfare Fund. Hope, because it will help to Express support for entrepreneurial activity, " added the Prime Minister.
Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.
The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news