Tomorrow is the first day of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum: Russian (and foreign-but there will be very few of them) officials and businessmen will meet to discuss business prospects during and after the pandemic, the ways of leaving the Russian economy from stagnation and much more. In the 80-page forum program -as always a lot of optional. On the eve of the opening, we chose the most interesting sessions for the subscribers of The Bell, which should go or see the broadcast.

The Ministers of the Economic Bloc, the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina and the assistant to the President Maxim Oreshkin discuss “how to help the Russian economy adapt to the new normality” and “whether it can take advantage of the opened opportunities for growth”.
In 2019, a similar session with the same optimistic name quickly moved to a bitter dispute about whether the growth of Russian GDP would crawl to 1%. The head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, claimed that no, the rest did not particularly argue with this. At the end of the year, Rosstat won - at first he estimated the economic growth of 1.3%, and after recalculation - at 2%.
This year, the session will not only be Kudrin, but also the main responsible for the growth of the economy in the government andthe main newsmaker -the First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. This means that we will not see an interesting dispute about whether it is worth stimulating investments by introducing taxes for those who pay a lot of dividends or simply slaughter the state. However, it is unlikely that participants will be able to get around the initiatives of Belousov even in his absence.
"Russian economy: from anti -crisis agenda to sustainable development"
June 3, 9: 00–10: 15, conference room D1.
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The meeting of the technocrats circle on the first day of the forum-German Gref, the first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergey Kiriyenko and the nominees Mikhail Mishustin-Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko and the head of the Federal Tax Service Daniil Egorov organize a discussion about how the state should borrow approaches to the business and "change the culture of the army of officials." To the question posed: “The human face for the authorities: where to get managers of the new formation”, apparently, will answer Sergey Kiriyenko, who has been preparing new governors for several years, including forcing them to jump with parachute and lay down under the BTR.
June 3, 11:00, pavilion G, conference room G7
Aleksey Kudrin (isn't it after the forecasts about 1% growth?) This year does not go to the main economic session, but instead participates in discussion with a futuristic coloring and an invited star in the person of the American economist Daron Ajemoglu, the author of the famous book “Why are some rich countries and other poor ones” (Why Nations Fail). The declared topic is that the business should put at the forefront in the post -shift time. But it can be assumed that the discussion is unlikely to do without the transition to the topic of inequality - one of the beloved topics and Adjemoglu, and, recently, Kudrin, who is developing a poverty program for the government.
Occama Razor: What is important for business in the post -shift time?
June 3, 15:00, Congress Center, conference hall B3
The session under one of the most tempting names is “the tax system of Russia: the image of the future. Responding to challenges. " Vladimir Putin, in a message to the Federal Assembly, intrigued the business, promising at the end of 2021 the “Donastation of the Tax System”. With the development of events, it turned out that he most likely had in mind to punish the progressive tax of businessmen who did not want to invest a profit in Russia. But is it just talking about this? How exactly from metallurgists are going to (and are they going to) to pick up 100 billion rubles, which Andrei Belousov spoke of? And only do metallurgists? All these questions can be tried to ask the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and the head of the Federal Tax Service Daniil Egorov.
“The tax system of Russia: the image of the future. Responding to challenges. "
June 3, 15:00, pavilion G, conference room G1
Without any exaggeration, the main theme of the past year is the explosive increase in the number of retail investors in the stock market. The Central Bank is waiting for 10 million investors-philosophers on the exchange by the end of the year and forced prohibitions for “physicists” for trading speculative instruments. This year, the main newsmakers of the world financial market were sofa investors with Reddit, who declared the war hedge funds, and Ilon Musk, with the help of Twitter, manipulating billions of everything that comes by the arm. At the session about the stock market, they promise to discuss all this. Elvira Nabiullina will not be, but the composition is not bad - the head of the Russian Goldman Sachs Timothy Tolkinton, the head of the Moscow Bill, Yuri Denisov and the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance, are declared in the session, and the moderator is the senior partner of Baring Vostok Elena Ivashentseva.
"New era of stock markets: risks and opportunities"
June 3, 15:00, pavilion f, conference room F3
The main futuristic session and at the same time, probably, the most starry on the forum - German Gref and Maxim Oreshkin at the Sberbank panel session are discussed by Megatrendas and “Academic Architecture of the Post -Kovidy World” with the legendary financier, founder of the Bridgewater Foundation Ray Dalio, Evolutionary Psychologist Stephen Pinker, political scientist Farid Zakaria.
"Architecture of the post -shoe world: technology, economics, society"
June 3, 16:00, Congress Center, Congress Hall
Herman Gref has not been involved in the main economic session for several years on the first day, and the next day it arranges an alternative to Sberbank’s business breakfast. The composition is usually no worse, but it happens better. Last time, Anton Siluanov, who fell upon entrepreneurs for unwillingness to invest in Russia, was the star of breakfast. Since we know, this problem for the government has become only more relevant - we will wait for Andrei Belousov’s breakfast.
"Russian economy: rebooting the modernization strategy"
June 4, 8:30, Congress Center, Sberic Hall
Vladimir Putin traditionally performs at the forum on Friday in the afternoon, the topic has been declared traditional-"socio-economic development and investment attractiveness of Russia." Putin's performances for PMEF are traditionally not the brightest and not the most specific. And this time, contrary to the usual, there will be not a single foreign leader with him at the plenary meeting (in the previous forum it was, for example, Xi Jinping). But Putin, perhaps, will say something about the upcoming meeting with Joe Biden.
June 4, 14:00, Congress Center, Congress Hall
The main "covid" session of the forum is about preparing for future pandemias and creating new vaccines. Interesting primarily the composition of the participants - the head of the institute. Gamaley, where the satellite was developed, Alexander Ginzburg, the main enthusiast of the capture of the world "satellite", the head of the RDII Kirill Dmitriev, manufacturers of vaccines and officials. Special Guest is the head of the Theodor Azhkhan Goebreesus: we hope someone will ask him the question when WHO will officially register the “satellite V”, which will give us hopes for entering the European Union on the “Covid passport”.
The fight against infections: the risks of the future
June 4, 12:00, congress center, conference hall D4
Despite the ongoing pandemic and the almost complete absence of foreign guests, there will be something interesting to the PMEF this year-like parties, for which a significant part of the guests travel to the forum. This year, many of them (and even the Mikhail Prokhorov party) were canceled due to covid restrictions-but not all. A complete list, if it is not yet saved in your bookmarks, you can see here .