Opened in Sochi the Russian investment forum. The main themes of the meeting new projects on development of regions, the prospects of defence industry and support of major technology companies.

Investment forum in Sochi - the first major economic event of the year in Russian domestic politics. News started to come in the morning, when here in the media center, began the first discussion. One of the key, with the participation of Olga Golodets and Alexei Kudrin, was devoted to the growth of labor productivity. Restrain her, according to the speakers, that investment in the economy declined sharply and that, despite numerous state programs, grants and projects support, producers have no incentive to invest in upgrading, refurbishing. Largely because labor costs in Russia are underestimated and not always to the qualifications of the employee are the views of the speakers.

Also an interesting discussion seemed to be health issues over the past few years, life expectancy in Russia rose more than a year. Also increased the participation of business, now almost every third project of public-private. More from the news: the forecast for inflation this year and 4.5% gave experts. This year the forum program includes 3 big thematic blocks - new regional policy, business performance and projects to life. Some of them will represent the regions, there will be traditionally held an exhibition of the projects more than 4 thousand participants.
sections: Economics, Region News