Business programme

Five years ago, within the Eurasian Economic Space, there was no unified system of control over commodity flows at every stage, from production to sale, for each unit of product. However, since 2019, the situation has changed: Russia began implementing a state labelling system, and this digital trend has spread to all EAEU countries and Uzbekistan, an observer country. Approaches to the system have been standardized and unified. Labelling in other countries has been implemented according to uniform standards based on Russian or other compatible digital solutions, thereby forming a common space for combating counterfeiting and falsification. In Russia, 17 commodity groups are labelled. In Uzbekistan and Armenia, 6 are labelled; in Belarus, 7; and in Kazakhstan, 2. Every year, the product list expands, with new items added in sectors ranging from food and beverages to lighting. For the state, labelling is an opportunity to prevent shortages and control imports, protect against speculation, reduce illegal turnover, and ensure the full payment of excise duties and compulsory payments. Businesses can optimize processes in real-time based on big data, increase sales through the withdrawal of non-compliant players, and enhance the transparency of interactions with counterparties. For consumers, it is protection and a mechanism of public control. What results have been achieved in other countries through technological exchange with Russia? What role does labelling play in international cooperation? What results of the system’s work in Russia can we talk about at the end of 5 years? What new features has it gained? How else can a labelling system help business development? Is it possible to improve the system's functionality through close cooperation between the authorities and business?

Moderator
Ilya Doronov, Managing Director, RBC

Ilya Doronov

Managing Director, RBC

Panellists
Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Armen Beniaminov, Vice President, Chistaya Liniya
Svyatoslav Vilk, General Director, Aqua Holding
Vadim Volodin, General Director, Cordiant
Sergey Dankvert, Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)
Mikhail Dubin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Advanced Technologies Development Center (ATDC)
Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Orlov, State Secretary – Deputy Head, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing
Denis Chetverikov, President, AKRIKHIN

Anton Alikhanov

Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Born September 17, 1986 in Sukhumi, Abkhazia.
Mr. Alikhanov graduated from the All-Russia State Tax Academy under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, majoring in Law, as well as Finance and Credit, and got a PhD in Economics.
Anton Alikhanov started his career in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in 2010. In 2013 he got a job in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
In September 2015 Mr. Alikhanov was appointed the Acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast by the President.
On May 10, 2024, he was appointed to the position of Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Awards:
- 2-nd degree Medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for outstanding diligence;
- President’s Certificate of Merit.
Married, with two children.

Armen Beniaminov

Vice President, Chistaya Liniya

Svyatoslav Vilk

General Director, Aqua Holding

Vadim Volodin

General Director, Cordiant

Sergey Dankvert

Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)

Sergey Dankvert is a Russian statesman, Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Member of the State Border Commission under the Russian Government, Government Commission on Agro-Industrial Sector, as well as the Commission of the Russian Government for Development of Fisheries. He is a Class I Active State Advisor.Mr Dankvert has been awarded the title “Honoured Worker of Russian Agriculture”, the order For Merits to the Fatherland IV class, the order of Honour, the medal For Distinguished Labour, the gold medal of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture “For Contribution to the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex of Russia”, and the medal “For Contribution to Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union” of the second degree.

Mikhail Dubin

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

Mikhail Murashko

Minister of Health of the Russian Federation

Born on January 9, 1967 in Sverdlovsk.
1986-1988 – served in the USSR Army.
1992 – graduated from Ural State Medical Institute.
August 1992 – March 1996 – intern; Obstetrician Gynecologist, Komi Republic Hospital in Syktyvkar.
March 1996 – November 1996 – Deputy Medical Superintendent for Consulting and Diagnostics, Medical Superintendent, Komi Republic Perinatal Center in Syktyvkar.
November 1996 – December 1999 – Medical Superintendent, Komi Republic Medical Group in Syktyvkar.
January 2000 – March 2006 - Medical Superintendent, Komi Republic Perinatal Center under Komi Republic Agency of Health Care, Syktyvkar.
March 2006 – February 2011 – Minister of Health Care, Komi Republic.
February 2011 – June 2012 – Head of Department, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department (offers a course of pediatrics), Kirov State Medical Academy under the Ministry of health Care of the Russian Federation, Syktyvkar.
July 2012 – March 2013 – Deputy Head, Federal Service for Health Care Supervision, Moscow.
July 2013 – July 2015 – acting Head, Federal Service for Health Care Supervision.
July 14, 2015 – Head of the Federal Service for Health Care Supervision (has the title of the Full State 2-nd Class Counsellor of the Russian Federation).
Since January 21, 2020 - Minister of Health of the Russian Federation.

1999 – Doctor of Medicine.
2004 – postgraduate degrees in Obstetrics/Gynecology and Public Health Care Administration.
Board certified in Obstetrics/Gynecology and Public Health Care Administration.
Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Human Health in the North Journal. Editorial Board Member, Children’s Health Care in the North West Journal.

Mikhail Orlov

State Secretary – Deputy Head, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing

Denis Chetverikov

President, AKRIKHIN

Front row participants
Yevgeni Nifantiev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the Health Protection Committee
Artem Sokolov, President, The Association of Internet Trade Companies
Akhmadbek Fayziev, Head of the project office for labeling, State Tax Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Yevgeni Nifantiev

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the Health Protection Committee

Artem Sokolov

President, The Association of Internet Trade Companies

Candidate of Political Sciences, Attorney, Manager, RANEPA lecturer, Chair of the Academic Council of the Retail Management Master’s Programme at HSE University

Education
 Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) (2012);
 Moscow City Government University of Management (2006)

Career
 From 2006 to 2013 worked in the Moscow City Government (Control Directorate of the Mayor of Moscow; Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of the City of Moscow);
 From 2013, headed the GR block of Coca-Cola Hellenic;
 From 2015, served as the Executive Director of the Association of E-commerce Companies (AKIT);
 In 2018, elected President of AKIT;
 From 2019, Lecturer for the Digital Transformation in Business Master’s Degree Programme and the Digital Technologies in Commerce Bachelor’s Programme, Institute of Industry Management, RANEPA;
 From 2020, Chair of the Academic Council of the Retail Management Master’s Programme at HSE University.

Industry experience
 Member, Working Group on Creating a Development Strategy for Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Working Group on Remote Alcohol Sales, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation;
 Member, Council on Developing the Digital Economy, Federation Council, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Expert Council, State Commission for Counteracting the Trafficking of Industrial Products;
 Member, Expert Council on Increasing Retail Market Competition, Federal Anti-monopoly Service of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Expert Council on Developing the Children’s Product Industry, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Expert Group on Production, Sales, and Marking of Jewellery and Other Goods Made of Precious Metals, Federal Assay Chamber;
 Member, Expert Council on the Legislative Measures Facilitating the Development of Financial Technologies in the Russian Federation, State Duma Committee on the Financial Market;
 Member, Expert Commission on Evaluating Software for Inclusion on the List of Russian Software that Must be Installed in Advance on Individual High-Tech Devices, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Cash Register Regulations;
 Member, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Commerce and Consumer Rights Protection;
 Member, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Precious Metals and Stones;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Pharmaceutics and Medical Devices;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on the Manufacture and Sale of Alcohol Products;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Communications and Information Technology;
 Council Member, Russian Jewellers' Guild;
 Member of the Board, NPP OPORA;
 Member, Committee on Supporting Entrepreneurship in the Extraction, Production, Processing, and Sale of Precious Metals, Precious Stones, and Resulting Products, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Council on E-commerce, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Council on Consumer Market Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Council on IT and Digital Economy Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.


Awards
 Jubilee Medal from the Governor of Moscow Region for Contributing to the Development of Commerce (2020)
 Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation for Significant Contributions to the Development of Trade and Many Years of Diligent Work (2018)
 Letter of Acknowledgement from the Deputy Mayor of Moscow on Urban Policy and Construction for Active Participation in the Capital’s Public Life and Personal Contributions to the Urban Development of Moscow (2019)
 Federal State Statistics Service Badge for Active Participation in the Russian National Census (2002)

Akhmadbek Fayziev

Head of the project office for labeling, State Tax Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan