"Including Novgorod farmers received more than 400 million rubles at a discount rate not higher than 5% per annum. The share of Bank lending in seasonal work in the region was 100%," - noted in the Department.

New opportunities and directions of mutually beneficial cooperation at a working meeting in Veliky Novgorod on Friday discussed the Chairman of the Board of Rosselkhozbank Dmitry Patrushev and the Governor of the Novgorod region Andrey Nikitin. Following the meeting, Dmitry Patrushev noted the high investment attractiveness of the region and the significant potential of its economy.

According to Rosselkhozbank, the Bank intends to support promising projects in Novgorod, not only in the field of agriculture.

"The main customer for us will be agriculture and all that it involves, but we are a universal Bank and is willing to consider and Fund projects in all sectors of the economy, if they are financially sound. We are interested in the industry, small and medium business, retail and mortgage lending," - said Dmitry Patrushev at a press conference on the results of the working meeting.

He also noted that the RAB represented in the region since 2000 and during this time has invested in the region's economy about 30 billion rubles, including about 22 billion roubles - in Bank priority for agriculture.