Putin called on large Russian companies not to be afraid to invest in Crimea

Large companies of the Russian Federation, including banks, there is nothing more to be afraid. You can start working in the Crimea, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at a meeting on the socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol, writes TASS.

“Now there are all the conditions for large Russian business structures that, how to say, before afraid of some sanctions – now they have nothing to be afraid. Now they can safely come, including, by the way, and banks, on Peninsula and work actively in the region, “he said.

In particular, he noted, Promsvyazbank, “one of the leading banking institutions with one hundred percent states”, in principle, is already present on the peninsula, but now the organization must “start work in the Crimea as quickly as possible and wider.”