MOSCOW, February 1 Russian President Vladimir Putin is primarily interested in the growth rate of real wages and incomes of the population, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
Responding to a request from journalists to comment on a Bloomberg report about the growth of the fortunes of big business in the Russian Federation, he noted that “this is not an issue on the agenda.” “The development of the country’s economy is important for us, it is happening with positive indicators, this is important. Moreover, the pace of development turned out to be higher than even predicted, this is also well known. First of all, it is important for us and for the president — the growth rate of real wages, real incomes of the population This is also over 7%, this is also important,” Peskov said.
According to him, business development is also important because it is a direct development of the economy. “And we are recording the development of small and medium-sized businesses, the number of legal entities registered is growing, of course, large businesses are also developing,” added the Kremlin representative.