24 Apr 2012 16:14

Russia must go up from 120th place on "Ease of Doing Business" ranking - Medvedev

MOSCOW. April 24 (Interfax) - Outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev has called for efforts to have Russia move up from its current 120th position on the World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" ranking to "at least the 40th position" with the goal of "joining the top 20 no later that 2020."

Medvedev was speaking at a State Council meeting on Tuesday.