The meeting was held in the Kremlin in the late hours of December 24 and was attended by senior executives from private and state-owned corporations, as well as representatives of the Government’s economic and social agencies and ministries, the Presidential Executive Office, and Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina.
The meeting took place in a businesslike atmosphere and focused on practical matters. In particular, the agenda covered the demographic situation in the country and corporate policies to support and promote childbirth, as well as environmental protection.
The meeting participants discussed investment, the Central Bank’s key interest rate, lending and the ruble’s exchange rate. There was a particular emphasis on import substitution; other topical matters dealing with the country’s economic development were also addressed.
President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin invited Vladimir Putin to attend the Union’s 35th congress, which is scheduled to take place in spring 2026.
