Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum – main statements

• “As for digital currencies, the digital ruble, the decision was made by the Central Bank. Now we are simply working on increasing these volumes. The digital ruble is simply one of the types of national currency that will be used by both economic participants and ordinary citizens.”
• “The Bank of Russia is reducing the overheating of the economy by raising the key interest rate.”
• “I am deeply convinced that entrepreneurship is, above all, creation. And if we treat this as a creative process, we will surely achieve all the goals we set for ourselves and find the solution to the tasks we face.”
• “Russia is already one of the world leaders in mining today, and this is due to the surplus of energy capacity in Siberia.”
• “Of course, the fact that prime mortgages have expired cannot fail to affect the housing construction market. But, I repeat, it is now backed by prime mortgages from the Far East, the Arctic, household and IT mortgages.”
• “We will expand the capabilities of our shipbuilding industry in the European part. <...>. We were discussing this yesterday <...> “We have development prospects both in Europe and here, yesterday we discussed the location of the future shipbuilding plant and I am sure that we will build it.”
• “As for Russia, we must ensure the development of the economy with our own technological solutions and highly qualified, trained and motivated personnel.”
• “We need to create the conditions that we talk so much about today, so that the birth rate increases and the desire of people, especially young people, to come here, to this region (the Far East), a wonderful and bright region with such good prospects, and connect your life with it.”

The Eastern Economic Forum will be held from September 3 to 6 on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok.