Exclusive to "Old Square". A special project. expert opinion. Russia is trying to create favorable conditions for European companies remaining in the country, Vladimir Putin said. We have many friends in Europe, but they had to leave. Some of them, by the way, are working, and we are trying to create appropriate favorable conditions for them," said the Russian president. Is it necessary to support those who did not leave, is it necessary to attract new foreign companies, including from the European Union, to work in Russia - in a review of the "Old Square". Publicist, founder of Telegram channels "Interpreter", pro-economy Pavel Priyannikov: Of course, the state should support companies from EU countries that remain in Russia - for example, such as the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank or the Hungarian OTP Bank, such as carriers of Russian oil by sea from Greece, etc. This is not only our window to the outside world, but also an example that businesses from unfriendly countries can return to Russia even today, and they can work here perfectly. The initiative for the departure of such companies was not Russia, but the West itself.

Exclusive to "Old Square". A special project. expert opinion. Russia is trying to create favorable conditions for European companies remaining in the country, Vladimir Putin said. We have many friends in Europe, but they had to leave. Some of them, by the way, are working, and we are trying to create appropriate favorable conditions for them," said the Russian president. Is it necessary to support those who did not leave, is it necessary to attract new foreign companies, including from the European Union, to work in Russia - in a review of the "Old Square". Publicist, founder of Telegram channels "Interpreter", pro-economy Pavel Priyannikov: Of course, the state should support companies from EU countries that remain in Russia - for example, such as the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank or the Hungarian OTP Bank, such as carriers of Russian oil by sea from Greece, etc. This is not only our window to the outside world, but also an example that businesses from unfriendly countries can return to Russia even today, and they can work here perfectly. The initiative for the departure of such companies was not Russia, but the West itself.

Some studies by Western scientists themselves have shown that the sanctions not only do not work, but also harm their initiatives. Today the whole world feels the consequences of sanctions in the form of expensive oil and gas, mineral fertilizers and expensive food products, high inflation and expensive money. Western companies today are not afraid of Russia, but of their regulators - they can be destroyed for cooperating with us, and the management of the companies can be imprisoned. The only way out so far is to get to Russia through "deployments" in third countries, which is what many of them do. Director of the Center for Regional Policy Development Ilya Gershchenkov: This is a completely rational and pragmatic strategy. The economy must not be held hostage to political contradictions. European companies that have maintained a presence in Russia provide jobs, pay taxes and support a production chain.