MOSCOW, February 27, 2004. (RIA Novosti) - According to Russian acting Vice Premier Boris Alyoshin, the support for small business will not be transferred from the federal center to regions.
"We shall form a relevant federal agency or a ministerial department at the federal level," Alyoshin said speaking at the forum on effective mechanisms in the implementation of the state policy on small business development.
Formerly Minister for Anti-Monopoly Policy Ilya Yuzhanov said that small business support is not his ministry's profile and this function should be given to some other body.
Representatives of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry proposed to limit the state support for small business to the regional level.
Small businessmen come out for the formation of a federal body on small business support.
