About 8.5 billion roubles involved small and medium-sized enterprises in border regions under the umbrella of the SME Corporation. The Director-General of the ICP Corporation, Alexander Isaewicz, reported this during a meeting with the President of the Government of RF Mihail Misustin.

" The focus is support for SMEs in border regions. This is very important, - the head of the SME Corporation emphasized. - Since the beginning of the year, we have launched and identified a separate element of umbrella sponsorship in an volume of 20 billion for seven border regions. In three months, entrepreneurs have already engaged 8.5 billion roubles. "

In addition, a separate concessional lending programme for entrepreneurs in the Belgorod, Bryan and Kur oblast is being developed with the Central Bank.

" The market will be lower with the same corporate sponsorship. In addition to the border regions, we are launching a soft leasing programme for the purchase of b/o equipment and the purchase of domestic cargo and transport equipment.”, he emphasized.

In turn, Mikhail Misustin stressed that the special economic zone and related benefits had been approved under the border territories, and elements of preferential regimes would work there.

" It is important to hide them with the tools you offer. Everything must be done here to help them, in this context, have all the necessary tools to develop their business or at least maintain it.” He said.

***

Entrepreneurs are supported by the Maloy and Middle Entrepreneurship Project.