The number of entrepreneurs in Russia has reached its highest level since 2016 – Kommersant

The number of entrepreneurs in Russia reached 6.5 million people, which was the maximum since 2016, reported press service of the Ministry of Economy. According to the department, as of January 2024, 6.35 million individual entrepreneurs and legal entities were registered, which is 7% higher than in the pre-pandemic period.

Russian entrepreneurs, with the help of state support and national projects, successfully overcame the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and Western sanctions imposed after the start of the special operation, the department’s press service said in a statement.

Presidential Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov, in an interview published on January 8, “RIA Novosti“said that 37% of entrepreneurs work in the trade sector. At the same time, according to him, this structure of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation does not correspond to the declared level of economic development of the country.

First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov spoke in more detail about the current stage of development of the Russian economy in interview “Ъ”.

Alexandra Goroshilova