Business programme

It is hard to imagine that, just five years ago, Russia essentially did not have a single system for monitoring trade flows for every manufactured unit at each stage of its progress from manufacturing to sales. A digital goods labelling system using Russian technologies has now been launched and is working in Russia, EAEU countries and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The system provides information on the state of different sectors: the dynamics of manufacturing and imports, the volumes of real time stocked products and sales, prices and markups along the entire goods progress chain. This system allows the state to prevent shortages and control imports, preclude scalping, reduce illegal turnover and ensure that excise duties and mandatory fees are paid in full. Businesses can now optimize their processes using Big Data, increase sales by eliminating illegal actors and boosting transparency in their collaboration with business partners. How could the labelling system help domestic manufacturers develop? What effect could be achieved by transitioning to digital excise duties? What risk-orientated approach instruments are used with the labelling system services? What cases implemented in Russia could be rolled out to the EAEU states and the Republic of Uzbekistan? How could labelling help amid parallel imports? What information from the system could tap into the full potential of the project and improve business efficiency?

Moderator
Marcel Salikhov, Director of the Center for Economic Expertise, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Marcel Salikhov

Director of the Center for Economic Expertise, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Panellists
Nadirzhan Akhmedjanov, Head of the Executive Office of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Ruslan Davydov, Acting Head, Federal Customs Service of Russia
Mikhail Dubin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Advanced Technologies Development Center (ATDC)
Ekaterina Priezzheva, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Nadirzhan Akhmedjanov

Head of the Executive Office of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Ruslan Davydov

Acting Head, Federal Customs Service of Russia

Mikhail Dubin

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Advanced Technologies Development Center (ATDC)

Ekaterina Priezzheva

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Front row participants
Armen Beniaminov, Vice President, Chistaya Liniya
Svyatoslav Vilk, General Director, Aqua Holding
Sergey Glushkov, Director of Corporate Relations and Communications, JTI Russia
Yulia Mihaleva, Deputy Director, Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo)
Inna Rykova, Head of the Center for Branch Economics of the Research Financial Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Alexander Filippov, General Director, Rigla

Armen Beniaminov

Vice President, Chistaya Liniya

Svyatoslav Vilk

General Director, Aqua Holding

Sergey Glushkov

Director of Corporate Relations and Communications, JTI Russia

Yulia Mihaleva

Deputy Director, Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo)

Inna Rykova

Head of the Center for Branch Economics of the Research Financial Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation

Alexander Filippov

General Director, Rigla

Aleksander Filippov was born in 1960. He graduated from Civil aviation engineering Institute in Riga. Alexander started his career as a business manager of the Branch of CV «Protek» in St. Petersburg. Then he was appointed as Branch Director. In 1999 he was transferred to the position of Deputy General Director of HR of CV «Protek». In 2001 he participated in the creation of the «Rigla» Pharmacy Chain and held the position of First General Director from 2001 until 2005. Since 2005 he held the position of the First Deputy General Director of «Rigla». He was responsible for the expansion of the chain and merger and acquisition. He is appointed as a CEO of «Rigla» on 2011 October.