“In a broad sense of the application of your initiatives, what can I say: many say that they are leaving our market, but they are not leaving,” the head of state said, addressing a participant from Ufa, Marat Naskhutdinov, who spoke about the launch of a Bashkir fast food cafe.

As Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said earlier, foreign companies that have suspended their work in Russia want to return, and they will do it.

The question is when and with what losses, he stressed.