URSA Bank’s BOD Chairman and MDM-Bank’s Chairman of the Supervisory Board Igor Kim attended a meeting organized by President Dmitriy Medvedev to celebrate the Entrepreneur’s Day, URSA Bank’s press officer reports.

Russia’s thirty leading businesspeople visited the executive mansion in Barvikha altogether, BOD Chairman of Kuzbassrazrezugol Coal Company Andrei Bokarev, BOD Chairman of Troika Dialog Group Ruben Vardanyan, BOD Chairman of Kaskol Management Company Sergey Nedoroslev, and President of Svyaznoy Group Maxim Nogotkov among them.

Dmitriy Medvedev congratulated his guests on their special day and spoke about their significant contribution to the Russian economy. According to the President, business development is one of the country’s economy top priorities at the moment, so the state intends to keep improving on its legal and administrative instruments, work on a more balanced tax policy, and make it easier to take out loans.

When asked about the state of events in the country’s banking sector, Igor Kim highlighted some of the SMEs-related lending problems. Kim believes the bank have to be over-cautious for the time being until the general economic situation shows signs of improvement.