MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - In the next 3-4 years Russia's economic growth will not slow down, Russian Vice Premier Alexander Zhukov said at the international women's forum in Moscow.
Economic growth is forecasted at the level of 7-7.5% in the next four years, the Vice Premier noted.
The population below poverty line recently reduced by 30% and totals 30 million, although poverty in one of Russia's main problems, Alexander Zhukov said.
According to him, the government's task is to reduce the number of the poor by 50% in the next three years.
The conference "Reforms in Russia in the 21st Century" of the international women's forum opened in Moscow on Wednesday and will run until June 13.
Over 200 conferees from the U.S., Israel, Italy, Mexico and the U.K. participate in the forum. The international women's forum holds such a major event in Eastern Europe for the first time.
