250 Italian firms concerned in Russia, meeting in Moscow

(ANSA) – MOSCOW, JULY 2 – There are at the very least 250 Italian firms working in Russia, a few of which even have a manufacturing presence. The information was introduced in the present day by Alessandro Liberatori, director of the ICE company in Moscow, in the course of the annual meeting of Gim Unimpresa, an affiliation that teams collectively over 100 of those firms. In his introductory speech, the president of Gim Unimpresa, Vittorio Torrembini, reaffirmed the affiliation’s want to proceed supporting Italian firms working within the Russian market, whereas respecting the sanctions in power. “We live in a troublesome, sophisticated second, by which even those who appeared sure have fallen, however we can’t throw away 30 years of expertise,” he stated, underlining that the Italian authorities “is making an attempt to restrict the harm”, particularly by means of the initiatives of International Minister Antonio Tajani, who has activated a everlasting desk to help Italian firms in Russia. As we speak, amongst different issues, the top of the Farnesina expressed “a optimistic opinion” on the request offered by Unicredit to the EU Courtroom to droop the ECB’s resolution to scale back its actions in Russia to be able to thus have, from the European court docket itself, “certainty and readability on the obligations and actions” within the means of leaving the nation. “The ECB – Tajani underlined – can’t at all times impose deadlines on firms to depart Russia, which is what UniCredit is doing, however we should at all times be certain that there isn’t any harm to firms”. The Italian chargé d’affaires, Pietro Sferra Carini, participated within the Gim Unimpresa meeting, amongst others. On the finish of the assembly, a debate was held on “The way forward for the world financial system in mild of the present political upheavals”, which was attended by Oleg Barabanov, director of the Valdai Membership program and director of the Institute of European Research on the MGIMO College in Moscow, and Fabrizio Maronta, scientific advisor and head of worldwide relations at Limes. The assembly was hosted on the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Trade with the participation of the president, Vladimir Platonov. (ANSA).