Business programme

Sanctions pressure, high inflation, and the disruption of supply chains are undoubtedly having a significant impact on the development prospects of Russia’s regional economies. Without effective state support measures, many regional projects that are supposed to be implemented this year will need to be revised due to increased project costs and rising interest rates, while some will have to be abandoned altogether. The ‘Infrastructure Menu’ that the Russian government has developed is designed to prevent a decline in the volume of infrastructure and housing construction and support key projects in the regions. One of the key mechanisms in the menu is infrastructure bonds, which are being handled by a single development institution in the housing sector represented by DOM.RF. They allow the regions to finance major projects for the construction of utility, social, and transport infrastructure at a preferential rate, both as part of housing projects and for citywide needs. Twelve projects have already been launched in eight Russian regions, and more than 50 projects worth over RUB 300 billion are currently being developed. The implementation of such projects has a multiplier effect and could serve as a locomotive to support the economy. Will it be possible to maintain the pre-sanctions pace of project implementation? What mechanisms have already produced positive results in the regions? What are the most effective implementation tools?

Panellists
Alexey Belous, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank
Anton Elistratov, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, Samolet Group
Vitaly Mutko, Chief Executive Officer, DOM.RF
Pavel Seleznev, General Director, Public-Private Partnership Development Center
Alexey Texler, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region
Irek Fayzullin, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Yakushev, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Urals Federal District

Alexey Belous

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank

Anton Elistratov

Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, Samolet Group

Vitaly Mutko

Chief Executive Officer, DOM.RF

Born on December 8, 1958 in the Krasnodar Territory.
Studied in Leningrad, where he graduated from the River Vocational College, the Water Transport Institute and (by correspondence) the Law Department of Leningrad State University.
Worked as a technician on the vessels of the North-Western River Shipping Line and was chairman of the trade union committee of the River College.
1983-1991: instructor, section head, secretary, chairman of the Kirov regional Council of People's Deputies, head of the region's administration.
1992-1996: Deputy Mayor of St Petersburg, Chairman of the city Committee on Social Issues.
From 1993: President of Football Club Zenit; under his leadership the team moved into the Russian football elite. In 1999, it won the Russia Cup and in 2002 won bronze at the Russian football championship.
The Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) was organised in 2001 at the initiative of Mutko, who is a member of the Executive Committee of the Russian Football Union, President of the Russian Football Premier League and Vice President of the Football Federation of St Petersburg and North-West Russia.
2002: elected to the Executive Committee of Russia's Paralympic Committee. For the past 13 years, Mutko has been the volunteer chairman of St Petersburg's Special Olympic Committee for the rehabilitation of people with mental disabilities. For 10 years he has chaired the Golden Pelican charity movement.
2003: appointed member of the Federation Council of Russia's Federal Assembly, representing the St Petersburg Government.
2008: appointed the Russian Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy.
May 21, 2012: Reappointed Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation by a presidential decree.
October 19, 2016: appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia by a presidential decree.
Married, with two daughters.

Pavel Seleznev

General Director, Public-Private Partnership Development Center

Alexey Texler

Governor of Chelyabinsk Region

Born on January 19, 1973 in the city of Chelyabinsk.
Education / specialty
Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in Metallurgy
Brief biographical note
In 1995 he graduated with honors from the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in Metallurgy, an engineer-economist.
From 1990 to 2007 He held various positions in the JSC "Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine them. A.P. Zavenyagin "and OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, from specialist to CEO of Norilsk Support Complex, LLC, a subsidiary of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.
In 2008 - 2009 He was the head of the administration of Norilsk.
From 2011, he was Managing Director - Head of the Krasnoyarsk business unit Polyus CJSC.
In 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. Since November 2014, he served as First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
Valid State Counselor of the Russian Federation 2 classes.
March 19, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, by his Decree, appointed A.L. Texler Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk region.
Awards:
Honorary title "Honorary Power Engineer" - 2017
Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree - 2016
Commemorative Medal "XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi" - 2014
Diploma of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation - 2014
Awards of other departments.
Family status
Married, has a son

Irek Fayzullin

Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation

Born on 8 December 1962 in Kazan.

1985: Graduated from Kazan Civil Engineering Institute with a degree in industrial and civil construction; PhD in Economics; Associate Professor.

1985-1989: Engineer, senior engineer, Department of Metal Structures and Testing of Constructions, Kazan Civil Engineering Institute.

1989-1993: Chief engineer, director of Tatstroyproekt design and construction bureau.

1993-1995: Chairman of the Board of Tatstroyproekt joint stock company.

1995-1997: Chairman of the Board of Kazstroydekor joint stock company.

1997-2002: First deputy head of the Tatavtodor design, repair and construction association.

2002-2005: General Director of the state unitary enterprise state main territorial design and survey research and production company Tatinvestgrazhdanproekt.

2005-2010: Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chief Architect of the Republic of Tatarstan, General Director of the Tatinvestgrazhdanproekt state unitary enterprise.

2010-2020: Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chief Architect of the Republic of Tatarstan.

2020: First Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium (Headquarters) of the Government Commission for Regional Development in the Russian Federation.

10 November 2020: Appointed Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Yakushev

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Urals Federal District

14 June 1968
Born in Neftekamsk, Republic of Bashkortostan.
1986–1988
Served in the Soviet Army.
1988–1993
Studied at the Tyumen State University, specializing in law, finance and crediting. Candidate of Economic sciences.
1993–2001
Held various positions (legal consultant, acting branch director; branch director; vice president – branch director; president) at Zapsibkombank.
2001–2005
Deputy Governor of Tyumen Region
April–November 2005
Governor of Tyumen
2005–2018
Governor of Tyumen Region
18 May 2018
By order of the President of the Russian Federation he was appointed Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities.
9 November 2020
By order of the President of the Russian Federation he was appointed Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Urals Federal District.
Holds the following state awards:
Order of Honour
Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’ IV class
Member of the Supreme Council of United Russia.
Honorary citizen of Tyumen Region.
Married, with two children.

Front row participant
Konstantin Basmanov, Deputy Chairman, Promsvyazbank

Konstantin Basmanov

Deputy Chairman, Promsvyazbank

From 2008 till 2015 Konstantin Basmanov was Head of Small and Medium Enterprises Unit and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Promsvyazbank PJSC.
From 2015 till 2017 he was Chairman of the Management Board of Vozrozhdenie Bank.
In 2018 he became Head of Small and Medium Enterprises Unit with Promsvyazbank PJSC again.
He is a member of the Board Presidium of OPORA RUSSIA, the All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium Business.