OREANDA-NEWS. September 10, 2008. The President set the task of completing the development and adoption of a legal framework for the establishment of an international financial centre in Moscow by 2008-2009.

Dmitry Medvedev said that the establishment of such a centre in Russia will help modernise the country’s financial infrastructure, transform the Russian market into an international financial platform in the region that could potentially compete in global markets, and increase the level of integration with the CIS and other countries.
The head of state also requested that the government cabinet and Central Bank do everything necessary for the influx of additional funds into the financial market.