Just in the area of auto parts Russia is the first or second country with more space for growth as given its GDP and income per head it should manufacture at least 3 million cars like Brazil, and actually it just manufactures 1 million. That target will be achieved during the next decade without doubt. At the same time, 2 million cars mean an impressive investment in infraestructure, both private and public, and in high-tech (from GLONASS to software) Skolkovo´s R&D project in different areas, from energy efficiency to software, also means (if the project is successful) dozens of new companies will be born to develop the result of that research, and those start-ups will need capital, both from Russia and from other nations like the U.S., the U.K., Germany or Japan. The Artic also means a huge investemtn developing the new routes from Europe to Asia, and exploiting the new energy fields. And given the fact of Russia´s $450 bn. currency reserves and huge reserves of oil, gas and gold, investors can receive a guarantee no other country in the World can offer.

The eight years in which Putin was President where more than anything driven by the need to guarantee National Stability (political union of the Russian territory and economic consolidation) Increasing oil price during those years did help to achieve those goals. Once the Russian Federation has been consolidated as a cohesive territory with a huge head around the Central district (40 million people and 30% of Russia´s GDP) it is the turn for social and economic development as Russian consumers, engeneers, doctors and nurses have not had the attention they deserved during the years in which structural cohesion of the territory was the first goal. International rankings about competitiveness demonstrate that the Russian Federation is in a low level of technical development (telecom usage, software) and corruption is too high compared to competitors. The good point is that Russia is among the BRIC countries the one where those conditions can improve more. Russia has resources and now the political will to undertake the necessary reforms to make a competitive nation from Russia. Among emerging markets it is the nation with more room for improvement as its level of competitiveness doesn´t correspond to its actual income per head and financial resources. Russia has lost many years in political disputes between Russians, and between Russians and neighbors (still it is necessary to solve the problem of Georgia, which has to be a peaciful neutral and independent nation like Finland, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland or Ireland) But once Natioanl Stability has been broadly achieved, the ground for R&D development has been established.