Russian President Vladimir Putin normally refers to the transfer of Russian business to Armenia and other EAEU countries, if it is more convenient to work there.
“We welcome everything that is beneficial for Russian business. … You can work in Yerevan, and actually live in Moscow, nothing interferes with this. Many have already returned, realized that nothing terrible is happening here, everything is stable. If anyone is stable. “You like to work in Armenia – please,” the Russian media quoted Putin, which he said at the plenary meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
The President of the Russian Federation added that some choose not Yerevan, but Baku, but also “in Kazakhstan created a very good financial zone.” More often, according to the head of the Russian state, business representatives are leaving associated with the IT sphere.
The modulator of the plenary session Ilya Doronov noted that Armenia faced the “influx of labor migrants” from Russia and asked the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikola Pashinyan, how the Russians fit into local society and what role they play in the country’s economy. To which the President of the Russian Federation responded: “Sorry Nikol, before Nichol begins to answer, I want to say – even more Armenians came to Russia. Over 2 million people.”