Programme

WHAT STEPS ARE NEEDED TO BRING RUSSIA’S STALLED ECONOMY TO A NEW PHASE OF SUSTAINED GROWTH?

Realizing Russia's Competitive Edge
Arena
Pavilion 4, Conference Hall 4.1


Over the past decade, a formula of resource-led exports coupled with a burgeoning middle class and underpinned by ample consumer finance has produced robust and sustained economic expansion. However, the recent slowdown has called into question if and how Russia should restructure its economy to deliver the next generation of growth.


Moderator:
Kirill Androsov , Managing Director, Altera Investment Fund; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Aeroflot

Panellists
Dr. Hans-Paul Buerkner , Chairman, The Boston Consulting Group
Yury Isaev , General Director, Deposit Insurance Agency
Sergey Kravchenko , President, Boeing Russia/CIS
Lord Mandelson , Chairman, Global Counsel LLP
Vladislav Soloviev , Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board, RUSAL
Yuri Soloviev , First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board, JSC VTB Bank
Ekaterina Trofimova , Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA)
Alexey Uljukaev , Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Broadcast

Key moments

“The domestic market is the main driver of any economy.”
Kirill Androsov
“I see a huge spirit and skill and commitment to entrepreneurship in Russia.”
Lord Mandelson
“To move further, to identify labour and to increase productivity, we need external investment that is linked with basic technological modernisation.”
Vladislav Soloviev
“It is a task for the government to increase financial literacy among the population.”
Yury Isaev
“In order for the middle class in Russia to develop, people must have interesting, professional jobs. (…) In Russia, there is an unprecedented opportunity to become one of the global hubs for exporting intellectual services.”
Sergey Kravchenko