Programme

TIME TO ACT: SHARED PATHS TO STABILITY AND GROWTH

Russia: Seizing the Opportunities
Plenary Session
Pavilion 8A, Congress Hall

Address by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and invited Heads of State and Government

Moderator:
Charlie Rose , Anchor, CBS News; Anchor CHARLIE ROSE, Bloomberg/PBS

Broadcast

Key moments

We are responding to the restrictions imposed from outside not by closing off our economy, but by expanding freedom and making Russia more open.
Vladimir Putin
Russia is open to the world – for economic, scientific and humanitarian cooperation, and for contacts with representatives of civil society and the business community from around the world.
Vladimir Putin
In general, we are not building relations with anyone against anyone else. We are building positive alliances.
Vladimir Putin
Russian companies must take key positions in those sectors and markets that will shape the economic future and the way of life of people in 20-30 years’ time.
Vladimir Putin
In order to overcome the implications of the economic crisis, we need to introduce innovations, we need to do reforms.
Gaoli Zhang
The timely measures that we took to support our economy and financial system have worked overall.
Vladimir Putin
The Asia-Pacific region is set to become the main source of growth in global demand for goods and services over the next decade. Even with all the fluctuations occurring in the world, this trend is inevitable.
Vladimir Putin