Konstantin Malofeev emphasized the importance of the image of the future for planning the development of Russia for 25 years

Entrepreneur and head of the Tsargrad TV channel Konstantin Malofeev spoke about the importance of having an image of the future for planning the development of Russia for the next 25 years.

The Tsargrad Institute presented the report “Russia 2050. 25 years: forward or backward?” at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The report was prepared with the involvement of about 200 experts from various fields and takes into account possible threats to the country in the next 25 years.

MOSCOW, October 1 - RIA Novosti. The image of the future of Russia for the next 25 years makes it possible to plan the development of the country based on clearly formulated goals and objectives, entrepreneur and head of the Tsargrad TV channel Konstantin Malofeev said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The report “Russia 2050. 25 years: forward or backward?”, prepared by the Tsargrad Institute and dedicated to probable scenarios for the country’s development in the second quarter of the 21st century, was presented at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

“In order for us not to wander in the dark and poke around in corners, we need an image of the future. This is not even a strategy, there cannot be a strategy for 25 years, the planning horizon should be shorter. But in order to understand where we are planning, we must have an image of the future,” Malofeev said, answering the question of the general director of the international media group “Russia Today” Dmitry Kiselev, whether there is any point in planning for such a distant time.

Malofeev added that in the Soviet years such a guideline, “albeit blurred,” was the image of building communism, while now, in his opinion, there is no clear idea of ​​the future of the country. He explained the need for such a guideline by the fact that the concept of a “better state” requires specific criteria, and cited the example of China with the concept of “Chinese Dream 2050” and Saudi Arabia with the Vision 2030 program, which define development goals.

“If we don’t set these goals for ourselves, if we don’t see this image of the future, which is attractive to everyone - for those who will live, for young people who will create, who will govern the state in 2050, if this image is unattractive for them, then where are we going? Therefore, the image of the future is extremely important, necessary. And only from it can we then start with three-year, five-year plans,” Malofeev explained.

He also said that the report on the image of Russia's future was prepared with the involvement of about 200 experts from various fields, including specialists in technology, demography and culture.