“The government is developing a business-friendly environment, and has already made several decisions to eliminate excessive administrative barriers and promote competitiveness. <… > The worst thing is that new barriers are constantly generated at various levels. Our officials seem to have an inherent need to control everyone and everything. Nevertheless, we’ll carry on with our effort to deal with these problems, and we’ll be very persistent in this.”
Vladimir Putin At a meeting of the Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment
