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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after signing bilateral paperwork along with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana, Kazakhstan November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov/File Picture Purchase Licensing Rights
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin met Russian enterprise leaders this week to encourage them to speculate extra at house, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Thursday.
“The dialogue was about attainable steps to enhance the attractiveness of our economic system for funding. To create extra aggressive situations for finishing the method of transferring firms right here; redomiciling was actively featured on the agenda,” Peskov instructed reporters in a briefing.
The sanctions imposed since Moscow despatched its troops into Ukraine final yr have made it a lot tougher for Russian companies to do enterprise with Western international locations, and lots of Western firms have left Russia or are attempting to take action.
“The overwhelming majority of entrepreneurs who took half have in a method or one other encountered unlawful therapy overseas, and now the method of transferring their enterprise to Russian jurisdiction is actively underneath means, utilizing all accessible mechanisms,” Peskov mentioned.
He mentioned representatives of the federal government had been current on the talks on Wednesday, together with members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Kevin Liffey; Modifying by Mark Trevelyan
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