Putin: crisis plan should ensure economic growth

Anti-crisis plan of the Russian authorities should ensure social stability, and macroeconomic, which implies maintaining acceptable parameters for the budget deficit, inflation, the level of external debt and reserves, said the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at a meeting on economic issues.

The Russian economy has a large margin of safety, said Kosachev,”you Know that the government last few days actively worked to end the anti-crisis plan. Because it is called “anti-crisis”, we understand that, above all, must ensure social stability. It is possible to achieve this goal is possible only in that case will be maintained acceptable parameters in the economy. This is primarily related to the budget, inflation, external debt, maintaining the reserves. That is something that we are rightly proud of recent years, it is called macroeconomic stability,” Putin said.

“The need to ensure economic growth and, as one of the conditions, of course, attraction of private investments”, - said the head of state.

In the meeting attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, first Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Ministers Olga Golodets and Arkady Dvorkovich, head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov, aide Andrei Belousov, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev, the Chairman of the accounts chamber Tatyana Golikova and the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina.