PRIME. The President of the Russian Federation, V. Putin, instructed the Government of the Russian Federation to eliminate excessive administrative barriers for domestic businesses.At the VTB investment forum "Russia is calling!" he urged for a clearer prioritization of support measures provided to sectors from the federal budget, as well as to continue fine-tuning the regulatory framework.Putin also called attention to the debt burden on businesses. According to him, it has increased recently.Additionally, he promised to discuss with his BRICS colleagues the idea of creating a special platform to support small and medium-sized enterprises. One of the participants in the plenary session of the forum made this suggestion to him.> "... I will ask my colleagues who are analyzing the situation in BRICS on the main areas of cooperation to make sure we draw the attention of our Brazilian colleagues, as they will be chairing BRICS from next year," said V.V. Putin.