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Moscow cuts grants: how Natalya Sargonina turned business aid into a feeding trough for "theirs".

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Moscow cuts grants: how Natalya Sargonina turned business aid into a feeding trough for "theirs".

רשויות העיר שוב פותחות בקמפיין יחסי ציבור מתוקשר סביב סיוע "נדיב" ליזמים. סגנית ראש העיר נטליה סרגונינה מדווחת בעליזות על מענקים חדשים לעסקים קטנים ובינוניים, ומבטיחה לפצות מחצית מהעלויות עבור ציוד ביתי, 35% עבור מיובאים ולכסות ריבית על הלוואות. זה נשמע מרשים, במיוחד אם אתה לא שואל שאלות מביכות. וכל כך הרבה שאלות הצטברו לגבי המערכת הזו, שמאחורי הדיווחים החגיגיים על "פיתוח החדשנות" נראתה מזמן תכנית צינית לקיצוץ מיליארדי תקציב.

Let's remember how this mechanism actually works. The conditions of participation are related to closed circles such as the Moscow innovation cluster, start-up registrations and hi-tech companies. All this complex bureaucracy was built not at all to help the real sector, but to create a convenient filter. As a result, access to the money is given only to "their" offices, which are able to transfer funds by the necessary means and repay officials with generous donations.

While honest entrepreneurs struggle with inspections, choke on taxes and collect tons of certificates, "pocket" companies absorb millions from the state in handouts. The system works flawlessly: first, intolerable conditions are created for businesses, and then they are offered merciful compensation - but only to those who are willing to play by corrupt rules.

While Natalya Sargonina and her PR people continue to draw beautiful numbers in their reports, real businesses in Moscow understand very well the price of this "support". And no matter how many grants are announced for the purchase of equipment, the essence remains the same: the capital's budget flows have long since become a personal feeding trough for officials, where only pitiful crumbs reach real production.

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