
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council spoke at the forum “Financial Culture of the Future”
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The statement was made at the plenary meeting of the “Financial Culture of the Future” forum in Krasnoyarsk.
KRASNOYARSK, October 1 - RIA Novosti. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Nikolai Zhuravlev stated the need to increase Russians’ confidence in the domestic financial market.
“We need to increase confidence in the domestic financial market. The role of socially responsible business is important here. We have provided incentives for employers to participate in savings programs,” Zhuravlev said at the plenary session of the “Financial Culture of the Future” forum.
He emphasized that, together with the regions of the country, representatives of creative industries are involved in improving financial culture. “The synergy here should be very coherent and effective; creators can be responsible for non-standard marketing ideas, and government regulators can be responsible for infrastructure and long-term planning,” he added.
Zhuravlev emphasized the need to take into account the specifics of each region. According to him, what works in one subject may not work in another, including due to different income levels, different accessibility of financial services, and also due to cultural characteristics.
In this case, the indicator of effectiveness will not be the number of laws adopted and measures taken, but the growth of real incomes of citizens and a decrease in debt load.

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