Patrushev: we need to decriminalize the oil and gas industry when sanctions
Punishment of the West against Russia require solving the problems of increasing the productivity of oil and gas industry and the decriminalization of its activity by increasing transparency and economic relations, said the Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev, his words quoted by the press service.
" in the context of growing threats to national interests of Russia, energy security issues become one of the main policies in the field of national security. Today the oil and gas industry provides about 50% of all funds coming from the state budget. In terms of use of Western sanctions against Russia, the value of this strategic industry in our economy improves. To the foreground issues of increasing its productivity and decriminalization activity by increasing the transparency of the economic relations, " said Patrushev on the General field meeting with the Plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal district Nikolai Rogozhkin, which took place in the Altai Republic.
for its part, the Plenipotentiary representative of the President in the district Nikolai Rogozhkin said that in Siberia there is a Risk of energy security, which inhibits the growth of the economic performance of the district as a whole. Among the main reasons he pointed to the deterioration of network infrastructure equipment, low rate of renewal of equipment in the energy sector and the lack of sufficient investment.
Among other topical issues: technological challenges of the operation of hydropower plants in dry years, a shortage of generation in the region and low level of gasification. Rogozhkin summarized weak payment discipline of customers of heat and electricity, most plants utilities. According to him, this leads to the fact that Today the debt in this area is about 4 billion rubles.
The US and EU imposed against RF punishment in connection with the situation around the Crimea, which, after a referendum in March became part of Russia. Moscow has stated many times that talking with Russia language of punishment is inappropriate and unproductive. The number of authorized EU also negatively voted against new sanctions on Russia, as it would adversely affect the economy of the EU.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
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