here and now №1 28.01.2000 (2000)

Guest of the program: Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Board of RAO UES of Russia.

Teleconference Moscow-Davos.

Main topics and questions discussed in the studio: 1. About the main questions that are now being asked to representatives of Russia in Davos? 2. Is it possible to talk about specific agreements today? 3. About the speech of M. Kasyanov, in which he spoke about the readiness to do everything possible to attract foreign investment. 4. What prevents Western investors from investing in the Russian economy today? 5. About investments in the Russian energy sector, which are possible already this year. 6. About the need to change the approach to accepting foreign investment. 7. About the meeting with representatives of the IMF. 8. About the statement of George Soros that the IMF has no business in Russia. 9. About the need to comply with the law and enforce court decisions. 10. About the attitude of potential investors to the state of the Russian economy compared to 1997? 11. Any decisions taken by Russia will strictly correspond to the national interests of the country. 12. The main result of Davos is not political, but economic.