About plans of creation MFTS in the interests of an influential group of individuals
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Photo: Alexander Astafyev/press service of the Russian government/TASS
At the International investment forum in Sochi has successfully debated governance issues and project approach. Summary: quickly implement the “project approach” — and has enough money for everything. And for all.
That is why the Cabinet of Ministers reacted with indifference to news that Moscow has fallen to 17 positions in the ranking of the largest financial centres in the world. A reputable consulting Institute took our capital only 84. I suppose that, as usual, Western analysts maliciously underestimate our capabilities and prevent us to join the United family “of democratic peoples.”
After all, we are smitten with the desire to create IFC in Moscow eight years ago. But four years later was on the approved plan, of course — to compete successfully with the major financial centres “in the Eurasian space”. It was like this. Speaking at the next economic forum, the then Chairman of the government Dmitry Medvedev has declared necessity of creation in the capital’s financial centre. Roll up your sleeves, we have prevented the crisis, and only a year later, in early 2009, the concept of MFC has been approved.
The first scared the British, who decided at once to surrender to the future winner. Arrived in Moscow in 2010, Nick Anstey, Lord mayor of London “city”, was ready to assist and share experience in the construction of the MFC. However, explained the success of London in its advantageous geographical position, “openness and fairness of the social system”, intellectual resources and “talent pool” and the rule of law. But if the London Thames flows only in one North sea, Moscow, as you know, as much as the port of five seas, all the flags are our guests. The rest of the set is necessary from the point of view of the British, conditions irrelevant for attracting international financiers has to agree. To our port the money can be delivered from five areas, not to mention airplanes, armored cars and simple transfers on electronic systems. The Cabinet of Ministers, from time to time the speakers, statements about how dramatically will improve the lives of everyone after the start of the IFC, see: will remain behind London, new York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo with their exchanges.
On the question of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “rebuilding Russia” was given the only correct answer. To turn Moscow into an elite reserve, where the streets, race with stock brokers will be worn by foreign investors with bags of money to invest in shares do not produce Russian firms “buy-sell”. To build a single capital city of the largest country in the world something virtual, 3D and 4G, the clock turns the air mass in the money.
All securities will be quoted exclusively in Moscow, the other mind-boggling details bright Russian future is in the speech of Ostap Bender, uttered in the chess club of Vasyuki. Well, people living outside the Third transport ring of Moscow, quickly explain all the delights of the MFC. Despite the fact that all previous attempts were met with, at least, a lack of understanding, and most of all — “the rudeness was asking for it”.
Even know why. Opponents of the conversion of Russia to the stock exchange — enthusiastic admirers of the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, and remember the words of his hero, Mikael Blomkvist. “We need to distinguish two things: the Swedish economy and the Swedish stock market — explained that. — The Swedish economy is the sum of all goods and services are produced daily in this country. It phones of Ericsson, the car company “Volvo” chicken company “Skan” and transport from Kiruna to skövde. The stock exchange is something completely different. There is no economy and production of goods and services. There are some fantasies, there for hour after hour decide that it is now a company worth so many billions, more or less. It has no relation to reality, or to the Swedish economy.”
Stig Larsson says almost as a member of the Communist party, giving an estimate of activities of the “SKOLKOVO” together with RUSNANO: “This only means that many large speculators are now relocating their shareholdings from Swedish companies to German ones. Therefore, the goal of any journalist is bold enough to identify these financial clerks and the state to declare them traitors. They are systematically and perhaps deliberately damage the Swedish economy for the sake of satisfying selfish interests of their clients”.
Well, the writer — not the decree of the Russian Ministers, attempts to discredit the “economy of exchange” meet our famous “from Here we will face Swede”. In 2010 the decree of President Dmitry Medvedev’s group was formed to create an International financial center, the leadership team has charged the former head of the Kremlin administration Alexander Voloshin. Worked with him for a long time in RAO UES of Russia Anatoly Chubais explained that he had appointed Alexander Voloshin for “wisdom.” Three years later the Chairman of the government Dmitry Medvedev signed the order about creation MFTS in our country. In turn, the economic development Ministry explained on its website: “creation in the Russian Federation the international financial centre should help to improve the attractiveness of the Russian financial institutions for national and foreign participants — investors, issuers, financial intermediaries (custodians, brokers, etc.)”.
But, of course, “without publicity there is no prosperity”, in the market of the Russian Newspeak: the economic Department decided that the creation of an International financial center needs a large-scale advertising campaign. To bring the truth about the great business climate in Russia was planning on using newspaper, Internet site the MAYOR, carrying all sorts of forums, symposiums and colloquiums. Foreign investors mentioned in the concept of “brand promotion”, do not know our country. That is, they — the particular victim of Western misinformation, portraying Russia as a country dominated by corruption and lawlessness. The campaign needed money, the experts said that we should talk about several million dollars annually. However, to know if the “promotion of the MFC brand”, whether it is appropriated sovereign funds, is not possible. Except that, according to the capital of the state program “Economic stimulation”, it was assumed that the MFC until 2016 will be spent 13.7 billion rubles. Then the crisis has made adjustments — both in the funding request and the assurances of authoritative experts, reflects how Moscow urban rating “Global financial centers” will be able by 2015 to overtake Rome, Monaco, Beijing, Istanbul, Stockholm and Paris.
We were and still are sure: the main components for creation of the IFC is affordable housing, transport strategy, pedestrian zones and bike paths, multilingual navigation plus it services for public transport. And I still think that this is just a set of conditions to improve the lives of Muscovite and ensure a comfortable stay of the visitor in our capital…
Once collapsed the price of oil, once against Russia imposed sanctions, rainbow monologues about IFC construction gave way to everyday bureaucratic predictions about what tomorrow or the day after the price of a barrel will rise to $ 200. Then again, we live better than ever, the envy of the rest of the world. And then it’ll be right back to turn Moscow into a financial center. The only thing that managed to do well in advance — almost a year before the crisis to make a decision on “localization IFC in Rublevo-Arkhangelskoe”. Read: the ruble, the accommodation which became a symbol of the success of individual citizens of the “new Russia”. A special working group under the government provided a construction in Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye offices, housing, hotels, commercial and social infrastructure. Our detractors immediately said that the construction of office buildings and other “buildings” can be called whatever you like, even to baptize MFC — but it will not. And transformed into a country estate VIP housing. At the same time suspected the group was not named for masters and mates in the desire to “drank” a lot of money on the construction of financial giant of the world level. Suffering from a lack of imagination manilow dreamed “from the house to conduct an underground passage or by the pond to build a stone bridge, which would have been on both sides of the stalls, and the merchants sat and sold the different small goods necessary for farmers”. Not the scale: in Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye near Moscow river, how many bridges can be built for prosperity MFC…
On the third of October native experts said: the Russian economy finally hit the bottom. She either will grow, or will lie there dormant. The second option, says the government is excluded, growth is already planned. To fill the Treasury will contribute to the collection of tax on the cadastral value of the properties. To fill the budget, assured the Cabinet Ministers and the planned tax on non-working citizens, those who are now affectionately referred to as “parasites”. Things are moving quickly in the interests of the compatriots on 5 October, the Finance Ministry proposed doubling of the excise tax on wine, factoring in sparkling, champagne and fruit wines. At the same time to raise the excise tax on cigarettes.
Unhappy spell: the money is needed for the development of Russian industry and agriculture. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of economic development, apparently, don’t see any other sources of income of the country, in addition to squeezing taxes. But when the budget will be a lot of money, we will be able to allocate them to the construction of International financial center in the name of development the industry itself and our village. Let’s call these funds is very beautiful: an investment in the future. In the future prosperity of foreign investors, issuers, depositories and brokers. And a large group of individuals hiding under the vague abbreviation “etc.”.
We, of course, these people don’t know, right?
