Moscow Mayor Sobyanin: 25,000 enterprises took advantage of state support measures in 2021 
measures of state support in 2021. This was announced by the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin in an interview with the TV channel “Russia-1”. His words are quoted by TASS.
He noted that banks are very reluctant to lend to companies that are “just being created” and, as a rule, refuse them financial support. Therefore, the capital's mayor explained, this week another package of support measures for enterprises was adopted.
-first, and secondly, to reduce the lending rate by at least one and a half times, “Sobyanin explained.
According to him, the interest rate for small and medium-sized businesses will decrease from the current 18-20 percent to the level 11 percent. “This is a good help,” the mayor noted.
At the end of October, the Cabinet of Ministers and entrepreneurs discussed state support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) during the aggravation of the pandemic. The goal of state support for business in the period of the fight against COVID-19 is to help it quickly and flexibly adapt to new conditions, the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation emphasized.