The SME Forum

In recent decades, Russian state criminal law has undergone a real transformation. The relations between the authorities and representatives of business have been properly framed, while criminal legislation for business has been considerably liberalized. Still, administrative pressure practices remain in place; at the same time, the new economic situation demands new approaches to the development of entrepreneurial activity. How to strike a balance between private and public interests? Evaluating the changes in economic legislation in terms of ensuring safe conduct of business in the country: can we talk about their effectiveness? Are new legislative solutions needed? The key is not to get in the way: what should be a comfortable regulatory environment for doing business? What problems arise most often in the prosecution of entrepreneurs? What are the terms and procedures for conducting forensic examinations? The court guaranteeing legal protection: what are the emerging precedents on economic crimes? What is the role of public institutions in protecting the rights of entrepreneurs? Will digital platforms become a new model of business protection?

Moderators
Dmitry Petrovichev, Vice President, All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA; Managing Director of the Bureau for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs and Investors
Elina Sidorenko, General Director, Platform for Working with Entrepreneurs’ Enquiries

Dmitry Petrovichev

Vice President, All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA; Managing Director of the Bureau for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs and Investors

Elina Sidorenko

General Director, Platform for Working with Entrepreneurs’ Enquiries

Sidorenko Elina - Doctor of Law, Professor of MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations under Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia), Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
A graduate of the Stavropol State University (now — The North-Caucasus Federal University) in 2001. In 2002 she successfully defended her thesis and in 2013 she successfully defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Law. Since 2013 she is Professor of MGIMO University, since 2017 she is the Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
Research interests: financial security, digital economy, anti-corruption policy, laundering of the proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism.
She is the author of 150 scientific works.
Sidorenko Elina is actively working as an expert. She is a member of the Expert Council of the RF President's Administration on anti-corruption, the Head of the Working Group of the State Duma of RF Federal Gathering on cryptocurrency circulation risk assessment, the Head of the new digital technologies Expert Council of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Participates in the development of legislation on cryptocurrency circulation regulation in Russia.

Panellists
Alexey Bessonov, Acting Rector, Moscow Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
Andrey Klychkov, Governor of Orel Region
Artem Malgin, Vice Rector for Development - Head of the Rector's Office, MGIMO University
Sergey Morozov, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government
Yuliya Morozova, Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kamchatskiy Krai
Alexander Remiga, Acting First Deputy Governor of the Vladimir Region
Elena Spiridonova, Executive Director - Chief of Staff, Russian Bar Association
Danil Filippov, Deputy Head, Investigative Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Alexey Khersontsev, State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Alexey Bessonov

Acting Rector, Moscow Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Andrey Klychkov

Governor of Orel Region

Born on September 2, 1979 in the city of Kaliningrad.
Graduated the Kaliningrad law institute of the Ministry of the Interior
of the Russian Federation, Russian university of innovation and Diplomatic academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
In 2001 joined the Communist party of the Russian Federation, made the way to the deputy director of the Legal service of the Central Committee of the party.
Member of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation,
of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist party, secretary
of the Communist party.
Secretary of the Moscow city committee of the Communist party.
Was elected to the fifth and sixth Moscow city Duma, head
of the Communist party fraction in the Moscow city Duma, deputy chairman
of the commission on affairs of public associations and religious organizations.
On September 2018 was elected as Governor of the Oryol region.
Married, two sons.

Artem Malgin

Vice Rector for Development - Head of the Rector's Office, MGIMO University

Artem Malgin, Vice-Rector for Development, MGIMO University
In 1996, Dr. Malgin graduated with honors from MGIMO School of International Relations and entered a post-graduate programme. In 1997, he did a 6-month Executive course on security, defence and defence economics at G.Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany and became a distinguished graduate. In 2000, he defended his Ph.D. thesis on the European Union Politics in the Mediterranean in 1950s-1990s. Dr. Malgin began his career at MGIMO in 1996–2001 as a Lecturer and later a Senior Lecturer. In 1996–2001 he was a local secretary of the TEMPUS-TACIS Project T-Jep on the history of international relations.
In 2000, he became Vice-Dean of the Foreign Students Department. Between 2001 and 2004 he was Deputy Director of the Post-Soviet Studies Centre at the University. Since 2002 he has been the Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia. Dr. Malgin worked as Counsellor to MGIMO Rector from 2004 to 2013. In 2012 he became the Vice-Rector on General Affairs and Corporate Relations. Apart from his career in MGIMO, Artem Malgin he was involved in several other projects. In 1996–1999 he was an expert on international relations and international law at the Moscow Public Science Foundation. In 1996–2003 he worked at the MSU Research Institute on Social Systems as an expert in foreign policy, security and information support for actions abroad. In 2002–2003 he was the Chief Editor of INO-Centre information projects. In 2005–2008 he was an expert on foreign policy issues and energy policy information support at MMD Corporate and Public Affairs company (“Rosneft”). Since 2008 he has been the secretary of the Russian–Polish Group on Difficult Issues. Between 2009 and 2011 he worked as an expert on foreign policy issues and energy policy information support at Navona company, a subsidiary of the Nord Stream. In 2011, he
founded Eastern Europe: Prospects, a Russian European & Post-Soviet Affairs magazine and became its Chief
Editor. Since 2013 he has been a member of the Scientific Board of the Russian Security Council. In 2014–2016
he was the Rector of Odintsovo Humanities University.

Sergey Morozov

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government

Sergey Morozov was born on September 6, 1959 in Ulyanovsk. After graduating from high school, he worked as a machine operator at a furniture factory. He served in the Pacific Fleet from 1977 to 1980.Since 1981 he has worked at the law-enforcement bodies. He graduated from the All-Union Legal Institute with a major in law. He worked his way up from a criminal investigation inspector at the district office of internal affairs up to the head of a special anti-drug trafficking office of the Internal Affairs Department of the Ulyanovsk Region. In 1995, he was appointed head of the Internal Affairs Department of Dimitrovgrad. In December 2000 he was elected Mayor of Dimitrovgrad. In 2003, Dimitrovgrad won a federal competition and was granted the title of the “Cultural Capital of the Volga Region of 2004”. He has twice been awarded special government prizes for achievements in municipal improvements.In December 2004 Mr. Morozov was elected Head of the Administration of the Ulyanovsk Region. On March 28, 2006, the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Ulyanovsk Region approved Mr. Morozov’s candidacy for Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region as submitted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On March 6, 2011, he was re-elected as Governor for a new term.Mr. Morozov has a PhD in Economy. He defended his dissertation on the subject “Formation of a socioeconomic development strategy for the region”.He is married with five children: two sons and three daughters.

Alexander Remiga

Acting First Deputy Governor of the Vladimir Region

Elena Spiridonova

Executive Director - Chief of Staff, Russian Bar Association

Danil Filippov

Deputy Head, Investigative Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

Alexey Khersontsev

State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Was born on August 21, 1980 in the Lesnoy town, Sverdlovsk region, Russian Federation. He graduated in 2002 from the Ural State Law Academy, the Institute of Foreign Economic Relations and Law. In 2003 - 2008 years occupied posts: specialist, leading specialist, chief specialist, Head of research management at the Ural State Law Academy. After that, he held the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer at the Department of Business Law, Ural State Law Academy.
In 2008 - 2010 years he served successively as Head of the Legal Experts Group for Property Relations, Vice-President of ANO "Public Reforms Center".
In 2010 - 2011 years he occupied position of Director of the Department of Regulatory Impact Assessment at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. From November 2011 to June 2016 he was Director of the Department of State regulation of the Economy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In June 2016 he was appointed to the Head of the Federal Accreditation Service. Awards: Honorary Diploma from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the Letter of gratitude from the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Letter of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation, two Honorary Diplomas from the President of the Russian Federation.

Front row participant
Sergey Mytenkov, Vice President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Sergey Mytenkov

Vice President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

DATE OF BIRTH
09.11.1976
EDUCATION:
1994-1999 - Federal Security Service (FSB) Academy.
Name of course: Automated Telecommunications.
2002-2005 - Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Name of course: Banking Business (diploma with distinction).
VOCATIONAL TRAINING:
2001 - Federal Agency of Governmental Communications and Information under the President of the Russian Federation.
Name of course: Database Protection.
From 03.2009 – is a member of executive candidate pool under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
08.2015 – till present – Vice-President-Managing Director for ICT, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
06.2009 – 08.2015. - Managing Director for ICT, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
03.2008 - 06.2009 - Head of ICT Service, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
05.2007 - 03.2008 - Deputy Head of ICT Department, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
11.2006-05.2007 - Aide to President on ICT, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
07.06 -11.2006 - Expert of Regional Policy Department, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
07.2006-08.1999 – Service in the Federal Agency of Governmental Communications and Information under the President of the Russian Federation (now - Federal Protective Service (FSO)) – Maintenance of Situation Centre of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, major in retirement.
COMMENDATIONS:
Commendation of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation – 2002;
Badge of honor “Security Council of the Russian Federation” - 2003;
Medal “For Distinguished Military Service”, 3rd degree - 2004;
Medal “For Honorable Service in Armed Forces”- 2005;
Honorary Diploma by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation - 2010;
Commendation by the President of the Russian Federation - 2012;
Honoured Employee of Communication Service of the Russian Federation – 2015;
Honorary Diploma by the President of the Russian Federation - 2018.