Vladimir
Putin met with the winners and finalists of different projects
of the Russia – Land of Opportunity forum
and delivered a speech at the closing event.
March
15, 2018
18:00
Moscow
Meeting
with the winners and finalists of different projects
of the ”Russia – Land of Opportunity“ forum.
VDNKh
is hosting the forum on March 13–16, where 6,500 participants
from 85 Russian regions at 35 different venues have been discussing
support for the projects that are part of the open
platform Russia ‒ Land of Opportunity.
The main
task of the platform is to create a system
of transparent social lifts, help talented young people
and professionals achieve self-realisation in various fields, support
charity and consolidate the best public initiatives.
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Conversation
with the winners and finalists of different projects
of the Russia – Land of Opportunity forum
President
of Russia Vladimir Putin: I can already start congratulating
you – all of you are winners – and it is my pleasure
to do so. I know you have passed through a selection process
and achieved the best results in your categories,
in the areas you liked, you chose and now work quite
professionally in. I would like to wish you further success.
You
have the microphone. I believe you would like to set
the tone.
Pavel
Sorokin: Mr President, let me welcome you on behalf of everyone
here. First, I would like to thank you for supporting
the project and the platform. I do not think we would have
had this opportunity without your support.
A month
ago, I met with you as a winner of Leaders of Russia with
my colleagues, and, frankly speaking, I did not think that
my life would change so much after that.
Vladimir Putin: I said it was time to promote you. And you were
promoted.
Pavel
Sorokin: A bit.
Vladimir Putin: A bit? I like that. You have become a deputy
minister, and you say a bit? (Laughs.) You are all
ambitious people, this is good.
Pavel
Sorokin: I meant a bit of the importance…
Vladimir Putin: Have you become a deputy minister?
Pavel
Sorokin: Yes, deputy minister. Thank you very much for your trust
and for the chance to show what I can do. And,
of course, for my boss, Alexander Novak, who supported it all.
I would
like to say a little about the platform, about the last two
days. It has been a very interesting experience, because I talked
a lot with people from other countries and learned new things.
The world is clustering a lot today, dividing into trades
and specialities. There is a lot of specialisation.
I know
this from my own experience, 12 years in the oil industry, you
only mix with your own circle and tend to lose a broader
outlook. The Leaders of Russia contest, the platform itself
breaks down boundaries. I would never have come to meet so many
people from different regions, from totally different areas. Here is
my colleague Oleg Salagai, a medic, there was also Yevgeny
Pokushalov, and many medical professionals. One might think that
the oil industry and medicine have nothing in common.
Vladimir
Putin: You have to get treatment after working in the oil
industry.
(Laughter)
P.
Sorokin: This is exactly what you think – God forbid you get to know
a doctor, unless you know one already. Whereas here I understand that
I can learn a lot from them. And they also gain from this.
And this lifting of boundaries allows for a different
outlook, with bankers, doctors, students, schoolchildren, because
the world is not just specialised, it is also competitive.
We
all know there is a struggle for talent, for brains.
And as you talk with school students here, the winners
of contests, you feel both good and sad. It is good to see so
many talented people, I will turn to one of these talents now.
On the one hand, I understand that most of them have offers
to go abroad – grants and studies that have already been paid
for by foreign companies. And for a person to be
able to progress here, in our country, they must be given not only
money, they must have a platform and a chance
to commercialise a study, that is, an opportunity to bring
a product to a company and to the market. And actually,
this is one of the tasks that is currently set before
the ministry – to create a complete chain from
A to Z so people can show their talent, reveal themselves.
And one
more thing. When we were talking, since there are many gifted people in the Leaders
of Russia, there was a strong need to set up some Leaders
of Russia club for us to be able to exchange opinions,
to discuss professional, internal topics. I think this is a very
good initiative to support, so it does not come down
to a one-time initiative, it could gather, accumulate
the critical mass, then a flow of experience between generations
and people will start.
Speaking
of talent, sitting next to me is Yelizaveta, a very gifted young
woman, winner in the I Am a Professional platform;
I would like to give her the floor.
To be
continued.
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