Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the need for Russia's economic growth to outpace global rates during a conference addressing financial matters. At the conference, Putin highlighted how the country's fiscal stability and execution of initiatives and schemes are directly linked to its economic performance. "It is obvious that the stability of public finances, the implementation of planned projects and programs directly depend on the state of affairs in the Russian economy. And here we have set the main goal, namely, to ensure the growth rates necessary for this," the Russian President said, as reported by ANI quoting TASS.