The experts listened to a report by Elvira Lagutina, the Volgograd Region Minister for Economic Development, Foreign Economic Ties and Investment, Vera Yemelyanova, project director at the Investment Standards Office of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives’ Priority Programs Department,* and Alexander Alyoshechkin, head of the Foreign Economic Office of the Volgograd Region Ministry for Economic Development, Foreign Economic Ties and Investment.
According to the Volgograd Region’s investment website, the new national standard aimed at ensuring a favorable investment climate is scheduled to be approved by the end of the year. This will help attract investment in the regions and also protect those who are willing to invest their private funds. The Volgograd Region fully complies with eight of the joint standard’s 15 basic requirements to business environment. In particular, the region has adopted a law on state support of investment activity and has established a council on improving the investment climate.
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As part of its cooperation with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), VEGAS LEX provides legal support to businesses during the presentation of their projects, and also helps the ASI to implement the initiatives it selects.
