The 15th VTB Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" concluded in Moscow

The VTB Investment Forum "Russia Calling!", which was held in Moscow for the 15th time, has come to an end. Over two days, it was attended by almost 2,000 guests - private investors, businessmen and government officials. Sessions and discussions were covered by more than 250 journalists, VTB's press service said.

On December 4, more than 500 representatives of Russian business and government agencies, as well as about 300 entrepreneurs from 35 countries - primarily China, Iran, India, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Europe and Africa - gathered at the forum site in the World Trade Center.

At the macroeconomic session, participants discussed Russia's monetary and budgetary policies, the labor market and productivity improvement, the state of the economy and the banking sector. The discussion was joined by the heads of the financial sector, the regulator, the country's business community and foreign experts.

The main event of the first day was the traditional speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who answered the guests' questions for two hours. The head of state touched upon the topics of overcoming sanctions, development of economic relations between Russia and the Global South, implementation of infrastructure and logistics projects and improvement of the investment climate.

December 5 was dedicated to the development of the financial market and private investors, who are the driving force in the Russian stock market today. At the plenary session, VTB My Investments analysts presented forecasts on key macroeconomic indicators and an investment strategy for 2025. Participants of the session called it a strategy of hope for lower interest rates. In addition, VTB My Investments and Frank RG released a survey of private investor sentiment and their requests for long-term investments.

More than 1,000 guests took part in sessions with issuing companies and representatives of government agencies. They asked questions to the speakers, and during the day participated in an intellectual quiz. Experts discussed stimulating the development of the stock market, long-term investments, companies' IPOs, as well as traditional and alternative investment instruments.