Image is important, Putin tells western business
Russia’s western partners should think better of the image of their companies in Russia, rather than the country’s image in the world, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The Prime Minister met on Thursday with members of the International Council of Entrepreneurs in Davos.
“You should not provoke us pretending things are quite good with you. If we intend to make the world change for the better one should have a critical attitude to oneself,” Putin stated.
“To overcome the crisis Russia might have imposed certain limitations, in particular, on the freedom of the movement of the capital because of possible speculations. We have not done that and demonstrated that we would fulfill all our obligations and make our country open,” Putin said, before adding: “One should drop the colonial practices, respect the laws of the country where foreign companies operate and work in a civilized manner."
Russia’s Prime Minister mentioned the joint construction of a gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea as an example of civilized partnership:
“We have let many western partners into our transport system, and Gazprom has gained access to the gas distributing system to Europe. This is the only way of building long-term, reliable relations," Putin said.
Meanwhile, Putin stated that he was not satisfied with the terms Russia was offered in a joint project with the European Aerospace and Defense Company. Putin insists that “part of the operations in the framework of the project, and in particular certain industries, should be moved to the territory of Russia in accordance with the practice used by members of the consortium,” which hasn’t happened so far.
“You should not provoke us pretending things are quite good with you. If we intend to make the world change for the better one should have a critical attitude to oneself,” Putin stated.
“To overcome the crisis Russia might have imposed certain limitations, in particular, on the freedom of the movement of the capital because of possible speculations. We have not done that and demonstrated that we would fulfill all our obligations and make our country open,” Putin said, before adding: “One should drop the colonial practices, respect the laws of the country where foreign companies operate and work in a civilized manner."
Russia’s Prime Minister mentioned the joint construction of a gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea as an example of civilized partnership:
“We have let many western partners into our transport system, and Gazprom has gained access to the gas distributing system to Europe. This is the only way of building long-term, reliable relations," Putin said.
Meanwhile, Putin stated that he was not satisfied with the terms Russia was offered in a joint project with the European Aerospace and Defense Company. Putin insists that “part of the operations in the framework of the project, and in particular certain industries, should be moved to the territory of Russia in accordance with the practice used by members of the consortium,” which hasn’t happened so far.
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