The New People party, which is going to the State Duma elections, stands for supporting small and medium-sized businesses, Avksentieva said. According to her, the contribution of SMEs to the Russian economy is greater than that of the oil and gas industry
Sardana Avksentieva
The dependence of the Russian economy on oil is a delusion, former mayor of Yakutsk Sardana Avksentieva said in an interview with RBC TV channel.
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“We have a popular opinion that we are all sitting on an oil needle. At the same time, this is, in my opinion, a misconception, because if we look at the shares in GDP, then 20% of us comes from trade and retail, and only about 15% with a little from the oil and gas industry, ” the ex-mayor noted.
President Vladimir Putin also said during a large press conference in December that Russia can no longer be considered a gas station. According to him, 70% of the country’s budget is already formed not at the expense of oil and gas revenues. “This means that we are not fully, but we are still starting to get off the so-called oil and gas needle,” Putin summed up. At the same time, he noted that the economy’s dependence on oil is still very large.
Avksentieva is a member of the party “New People”.Alexander Davankov, one of the founders and former co-owner of the Faberlic cosmetics company, announced the creation of this association in January 2020. The chairman of the new party was his former partner,Faberlic owner Alexey Nechaev. The party, in particular, stands for the turnover and regular renewal of personnel in the government, a large-scale reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other law enforcement agencies, as well as for greater economic independence of the regions.
Avksentieva Inechaev headed the federal list of the party for the State Duma elections, which will be held in September.
Prior to that, Avksentieva was the mayor of Yakutsk, in 2018 she beat Alexander Savvinov, who was supported by the team of the head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, at the election of the candidate from “United Russia”. In January, she announced her early retirement due to health problems, and later announced that she was struggling with cancer.
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