During the 11th St. Petersburg Economic Forum, 30 contracts were signed with the total cost of $13.5 bln. As a REGNUM correspondent informs, the announcement was made by Russian Minister for Economic Development and Trade German Gref.

According to him, under the treaties signed, private companies are expected to invest $7.5 bln into the Russian economy; the amount of private-state partnership (including money of the Russian Investment Fund) is $6 bln. The minister noted that it is much more than in previous years. He also reminded that organizers of the forum had planned to sign treaties only for $3 bln.

Gref added that at the forum, contracts for construction of plants for Volvo, PepsiCo, Suzuki, Peugeot-Citroen, Samsung, Lukoil and many others were signed.
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