Assistant to the President: Russia and the West has defined the status quo of sanctions
Punishment of the West and counter-punishment in the capital of Russia will be in a state of status quo in the near future, which creates certain advantages for Russian entrepreneurs, said in Saturday's edition of the wall Street Journal, the Russian presidential aide Andrei Belousov.
"We have reached some kind of balance, and this balance will be maintained. I think that We will maintain a certain status quo. Anti-sanctions will not be extended or reduced, " - said Belousov WSJ on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg international economic forum.
According to Belousov, cited by the WSJ, the most painful result of Western punishment was the loss of Russian banks and corporations access to global capital markets, however, Russia's financial system is already adapted to the new realities. Russian organization as long as have to pay international debt and do not have the opportunity to receive fresh loans, along with this, the net outflow of capital in the 1st quarter of 2015 decreased significantly. The source said that such a low level of capital outflow was observed from the beginning of 2011, the current figures 2 and even 3 times lower than average.
This positive effect of Western sanctions also stresses the source in the Ministry of Finance, according to which punishment has helped to reduce the debt burden. Under different conditions After reduction of prices on petroleum products, the volume of borrowing has increased significantly.
Andrei Belousov also emphasized American magazine that given the stabilisation of the Russian financial market investors expect the stabilization of the ruble at the level 50-57 rubles per dollar.
Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA. In addition, the summit "the Big seven" in Bavaria it was decided to extend the punishment against Russia, and the United States considering the introduction of a new.
The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news
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