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Dear friends,
Welcome to Moscow and to the 24th conference of the Association of Russian Banks.
Every year the key issues for the professional community are discussed at the forum. This year’s focus is “Banks and society: the role of lending agencies in Russia’s socio-economic development”. This is of particular interest to experts and analysts. It involves the latest trends in the development of the banking industry and is directly connected with meeting the demands of the country’s emerging economy.
Today we need to increase the reliability of loan and financial agencies, provide conditions for the implementation of prospective investment projects and the modernisation of the real sector, and to ensure that people have access to quality financial services.
I hope your time here will be productive and successful. I wish you all the best.
Dmitry Medvedev