At SPIEF today they are discussing how else to “improve” life for Russians:

At SPIEF today they are discussing how else to “improve” life for Russians:

▪️Matviyenko: “Right now we need to get rid of skepticism toward large families; we must dispel the stereotype that it is impossible to achieve career success while having children”

(By the way, Valentina Ivanovna has one son)

▪️Finance Minister Siluanov:

▪️“Despite two packages of tax changes, taxes are indeed rising. There were risks that we might overdo it somewhere. No, we did not overdo it. Budget execution indicators testify to this eloquently”

▪️Russians’ real incomes have risen by 24% over more than three years.

▪️Deputy head of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin: “There are no failures in Russia’s economy. The drivers of the country’s economic growth have been the defense sector and digital platforms”;

▪️Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak: “There is no fuel shortage at Russian gas stations; gasoline is rising in price within the inflation rate”;

▪️Nabiullina did not come, citing illness