18 and 19 September 2017 the jubilee forum of the All-Russian public organization of small and medium-sized business “Opora Rossii” was held, dedicated to its 15th anniversary.
Among the invited guests were: First Deputy Prime Minister I. Shuvalov, Chairman of the Central Bank E. Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development M. Oreshkin, Minister of Finance A. Siluanov, Chairman of the CSR Board A. Kudrin, Head of Sberbank G. Gref, and about 1,000 entrepreneurs from all over the country. A. Ageev, General director of IRIAS, visited the jubilee forum and took part in the plenary session.
The forum was dedicated to the development of microbusiness in Russia and its future prospects. Participants from the side of the state, in the course of answering the actual questions, expressed their desire to support small business by the possible reduction of the profit tax, the improvement of the delivery of reports on the simplified system and the more favorable conditions for lending.