Today, the international institutions established on the basis of the Bretton Woods Agreement, which set out rules for international trade, are no longer functioning. At the same time, new formats of interaction have not yet been created. The gradual abandonment of the usual mutual settlements in US dollars leads to the search for a new pricing benchmark. The Russian Federation, as part of its participation in international organizations such as BRICS and SCO, could initiate the creation of new rules and new institutions regulating international trade which are resistant to economic wars and allow the countries that have joined to maintain their trade potential in the current crisis conditions. What tools do businesses use in their foreign trade? What are the possibilities of using platform solutions? How to conduct international trade without being tied to existing institutions? What clearing schemes are used? How to properly use digital and cryptocurrencies? What are the options for creating new institutions in a multipolar or pan-regional world?
Moderator Nonna Kagramanyan,
Vice-President, Head of the Executive Committee, All-Russia Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Nonna Kagramanyan
Vice-President, Head of the Executive Committee, All-Russia Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Professional specialization: Management in the sphere of social and economic policy, strategic planning, crisis management, public administration. PR-communication. GR-communication. International affairs Public and expert activities: Member of the Expert Council of ANO "Agency for strategic initiatives". Expert of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. Expert of the Civic Chamber of Moscow. Business coordinator at the Eurasian Economic Commission. Member of the working group «On implementation of the “Single Window” mechanism within the System of Foreign Economic Activity Regulation» Board member of the International Business and Enterprise Academy. The member of the Project committee for the main direction of strategic development of the Russian Federation "International cooperation and export" at Public Business Council. Member of the working group, responsible for the preparation of the passports of the priority projects International Cooperation and Export in Industry Member of the working group "On measures to be taken to increase investment appeal in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” at the State Council of the Russian Federation. Member of the working group "Support of access to foreign markets and export support" of the National entrepreneurial initiative. Member of the interdepartmental working group on export promotion through the development of electronic commerce. Member of the working group on elimination of excessive administrative barriers at the BRICS Business Council
Panellists Mikhail Anichkin,
President, Peacemaker International Security Centre Dmitry Antonov,
Senior Vice President, Resurs Group of Agricultural Enterprises Alexander Zhuravsky,
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects Ilya Ivaninskiy,
Director of the Center for Business Education and Analytics, Central University; Partner, Yakov & Partners Divesh Kumar,
Honorary Representative, Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India Dmitry Polikanov,
Deputy Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) Elina Sidorenko,
Director of the Center for Digital Economy and Financial Innovation, MGIMO University; General Director, Platform for Business.RF Roman Chekushov,
Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Licensing in the Field of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Robert Agee,
President, Chief Executive Officer, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
Mikhail Anichkin
President, Peacemaker International Security Centre
Dmitry Antonov
Senior Vice President, Resurs Group of Agricultural Enterprises
Alexander Zhuravsky
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects
Ilya Ivaninskiy
Director of the Center for Business Education and Analytics, Central University; Partner, Yakov & Partners
Divesh Kumar
Honorary Representative, Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India
Dmitry Polikanov
Deputy Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)
Education In 1998 graduated the Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO). One year later he defended his PhD in political science there. Professional background In 2003-2006, he was Director for Public and International Relations at the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM). In 2007-2012, he was at the leading positions in the United Russia party. In 2012-2013, he was First Deputy Executive Director of the Russian Geographical Society. In 2014 he helped to set up and headed the Con-nection charity foundation, the goal of which is to establish the sustainable system of assistance to the deafblind people in the Russian regions. Member of the Expert Council at the Russian Government, Public Council of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Council on Charity in Social Sphere at the Russian Government, a number of ministerial and inter-agency working groups. Since 2017 Dr. Polikanov presides the Executive Board of the Donors’ Forum. Member of the board of a number of NGOs, including the Board of Trustees of the “Lake Baikal” charity. Dr Polikanov is the author of over 100 publications on international and European security issues, Russian foreign and domestic policy. He was also a top manager at the PIR Center, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Federal Social Security Fund of the Russian Federation. Hobby Exotic travels in Russia and abroad.
Elina Sidorenko
Director of the Center for Digital Economy and Financial Innovation, MGIMO University; General Director, Platform for Business.RF
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.
Roman Chekushov
Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Licensing in the Field of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Robert Agee
President, Chief Executive Officer, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
Robert Agee, President and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, comes to this role with substantial proven experience in the Russian market. Robert has a track record of more than 30 years of innovative leadership in the technology sector, and he has also worked with a number of small and medium-sized businesses.
Robert has played a key role in Cisco’s success in Russia. Leading the company in 1997-2009, he established Cisco as a key player in Russia and in the ICT industry. Prior to joining Cisco, Robert was the General Manager of Xerox Corporation for the CIS from 1991 to 1996. Robert was a Senior Vice President and Adviser to RTEC, Russia's first company specializing in the manufacturing and development of world-class trusted telecommunications equipment. In addition to his work at RTEC, Robert also served on the boards of MobileAccess (USA), Le Pain Quotidien Russia and H2oil Russia.
Robert is well-acquainted with AmCham Russia and has already taken an active part in its operations: he was twice elected as a member of the AmCham Board of Directors and has served on its Executive Committee. In 2004, he received the Darin Russian National Award of the Russian academy of business and entrepreneurship for his contribution to the international development and integration.
Front row participants Olga Belyakova,
Director for International Development, "National Association of Investment and Development Agencies" Mikhail Makarov,
Director of the International Relations Office, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects Anna Nikitchenko,
Vice President, National Institute for Systems Research on Entrepreneurship Aleksey Poroshin,
General Director, FIRST Investment Consulting Group Mikhail Sadchenkov,
Chief Executive Officer, National Brand NPO; Editor-in-Chief, Head, Made in Russia Media Platform Yury Saprykin,
Vice President for Regional and International Development, Skolkovo Foundation Sergey Sokolov,
General Director, Novosibirskkhleboprodukt Vitaliy Stepanov,
General Director, Moscow Export Center Maxim Chereshnev,
Chairman, Russian Trade and Economy Development Council;
Olga Belyakova
Director for International Development, "National Association of Investment and Development Agencies"
Mikhail Makarov
Director of the International Relations Office, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects
Anna Nikitchenko
Vice President, National Institute for Systems Research on Entrepreneurship
From 2011 to 2018 - Deputy General Director, General Director of O2Consulting, since 2012 - Project Manager, since 2018 -Vice-President, National Institute for System Study of Entrepreneurship (NISSE). Since 2009, she has completed as curator and performer over 100 consulting projects in the areas of digitalization and investment climate for supranational regulatory bodies, federal and regional authorities the authorities of the Russian Federation, the Government of Moscow, major corporations, subjects of innovation infrastructure and development institutions. She graduated from the economics department of the Moscow State University. Mv Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), has passed the program to improve qualifications "Corporate Governance" of the Moscow State University.
Aleksey Poroshin
General Director, FIRST Investment Consulting Group
Born in Perm, Russia on 28 April, 1980. Graduated from the State University “Perm National Research Polytechnic University”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration. Managing Partner and the CEO of the Investment Consulting Group "First". Has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking sector, as well as on the Russian financial market. ·Member of the General Council, co-chairman of the Сenter for financial and credit support of business of All Russia Public Organization “Delovaya Rossiya”. ·Member of the Committee on Monetary Policy and of the Committee on work with government institutions and the development of support measures of All Russia Public Organization “Delovaya Rossiya”. ·Member of the working group for coordination of development and filling of the SME Business Navigator of SME Corporation. ·Member of the expert group for the main direction of the strategic development of the Russian Federation «Small business and the support of the individual entrepreneurial initiative». ·Member of the Interdepartmental Comission for the implementation of new comprehensive investment projects in priority areas of the civilian industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. ·Member of the working group «Business Projects» of the expert council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI). ·Member of Board of directots of NPO Iskra, PAO, Perm. ·Member of Board of directors of OJSC “Proton-Perm motors”, Perm. ·Member of the Board of NGO "Perm fraternity".
Mikhail Sadchenkov
Chief Executive Officer, National Brand NPO; Editor-in-Chief, Head, Made in Russia Media Platform
Specialist in branding, marketing and external communications. General Director of the National Brand NPO. Author of the Made in Russia brand concept, editor-in-chief and head of the Made in Russia Media Platform. From 2007 to 2012, worked as an independent external communications consultant for the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, political parties, and strategic enterprises. In 2012, founded and headed the "National Brand" agency, which aims to create and promote the National Brand "Made in Russia".
In 2015, the national brand "Made in Russia" was presented at the Milan Expo 2015 with the participation of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov. In 2015 he co-authored the second edition of the international textbook on branding Nation Brand, where as an expert he wrote a section on the Made in Russia brand.
The "Made in Russia" project won the educational "Knowledge" Award 2022 as the best project of the year for its contribution to education in the field of "Economics and Business".
Awards: In 2009 and 2010 he twice received the "Gratitude for the great contribution to ensuring the activities of the President of the Federation Council"; in 2022 he was awarded a letter of gratitude from President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin for his active outreach activities.
Yury Saprykin
Vice President for Regional and International Development, Skolkovo Foundation
Yuriy Saprykin graduated from Department of Applied Mathematics at Kuban State University in Systems Programming. He was a Deputy to the Krasnodar Territory Legislative Council, where he was a member of the Science and Education Committee. In this position, he focused on legislation on science and innovation, communications between institutes and research facilities and innovation infrastructure. 2013: Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs under the Ministry of Education and Science, where he oversaw innovation and information projects, as well as volunteering in sports etc. 2014: joined Skolkovo Technopark as Deputy CEO. He was appointed Vice-President Development of Russian Far East in 2016 and Vice-President for Regional and International Development in 2016.
Sergey Sokolov
General Director, Novosibirskkhleboprodukt
Vitaliy Stepanov
General Director, Moscow Export Center
Maxim Chereshnev
Chairman, Russian Trade and Economy Development Council;
Education: PLD/EMBA from Harvard Business School and Candidate of Sciences (Econ.) from Moscow State University. Mr. Chereshnev has undergone many internships and participated in business visits to countries of Asia, the CIS, Europe and North America. Speaks English and German. In 2009, Mr. Chereshnev completed the Presidential Further Training Programme and in 2004, graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration. Career: Until the Ministry for Regional Development of the Russian Federation was liquidated, Mr. Chereshnev held the position of Counsellor to the Minister, in which capacity he worked actively on developing international co-operation and headed up a group of companies where he was responsible for management of the portfolio of businesses and real estate investments.
“Digital economy is a new paradigm for the development of the state, the economy and society.”
Greetings to participants, organisers, and guests of the
27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum
“For more than a quarter of a century, the Forum has provided an opportunity for politicians, experts, business leaders, academics, and media professionals from around the world to hold in-depth discussions on key economic development trends in Russia and the world. Participants in plenary sessions, roundtables and panel discussions exchange views on ways to promote international cooperation, encourage scientific and technological progress and the development of human capital, and to effectively tackle the challenges we face.
The theme of the current meeting, The Foundations of a Multipolar World – The Formation of New Areas of Growth, is highly relevant and meaningful. A growing part of the international community is in favour of building a just and democratic system of international relations based on the principles of genuine equality, consideration for each other’s legitimate interests, and respect for the cultural and civilisational diversity of nations. It is precisely these principles that underpin the activities of BRICS, which Russia is chairing this year. It is symbolic that the history of this dynamically developing association, whose members already account for more than a third of the global economy, began at the 10th St Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2006.
Our country is open to constructive dialogue and interaction with partners and is ready to work together to address the economic, social, scientific and technological challenges of our time.
I am confident that the Forum will jump-start new and promising initiatives and projects, fostering mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries and peoples.