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Stability in Russia ensures progress, minister tells
economic forum
Itar-Tass
New York, 2 February: Progress in Russian reforms and the country's economic development outlook have by tradition drawn tangible attention at the World Economic Forum in New York.
On Friday [1 February], there was a special seminar on Russia, with reports made by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref, Russian presidential economics adviser Andrey Illarionov and Federation Council international affairs committee chairman Mikhail Margelov.
Gref said stability was crucial to economic progress in any country and stressed that the Putin presidency had given Russia that stability.
"Russia is faced with a variety of problems, but we have no intention of abandoning the road we have followed so far. Economic stability will take us a while to achieve, but it is quite obvious that the country has developed a new mentality, predictability and pragmatism. In turn, we expect of our partners the same predictability, pragmatism and understanding," Gref said...
In general, discussions on Russia at the current session of the World Economic Form are devoid of dramatism. The situation in Russia no longer alarms or scares Western politicians or investors.
"That Russia is talked about to an ever smaller extent is only normal. We have been gradually drifting towards the mainstream trend the normal countries follow," presidential economics adviser Andrey Illarionov said.
Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in English 1038 gmt 2 Feb 02
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