Do Russia and the West really need a pseudo-ideological confrontation?
Author: Fyodor Lukyanov The results of the 20th edition of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) generated numerous but contradictory remarks. Some believe that Russia, having exhausted its potential for self-affirmation and its search for an alternative in the East, is returning to its EU partners and would like to “mend fences.” Others think that the Old World has realized that its attempts to isolate Russia have...
A Subsidiary of Rostec Corporation and HTC ChemRar Launch a Joint Venture for Development and Manufacturing of the Next Generation of Antivirals in Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union
National Immunobiological Company (Rostec State Corporation) and ChemRar Pharma (ChemRar HTC) announced the signing of an agreement for joint development, manufacturing and distribution of innovative antiviral medicines for the treatment and prevention of HIV, HCV and influenza at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2016. The first drugs will be launched in Russia as early as 2017 and the full manufacturing...
Russia will attract only the best foreign technologies
Author: Alexei Lossan Participants in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) have signed agreements worth $15.8 billion, the executive secretary of its organizing committee, Anton Kobyakov, has announced. The official results of the forum will be released later, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reports. The forum was the venue for the signing of 332 publicly announced agreements, compared with 205 – worth...
SPIEF-2016 participants run 5-km race in central St. Petersburg
Participants in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum took part in the five kilometer SPIEF Race in the center of Russia’s second largest city on Friday morning (June 17). Among them were Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and Sberbank CEO Herman Gref. Zakharova shared her secret of race running with her Facebook subscribers. “Always make selfies before the start and publish...
Iranian Minister of Industry to Attend Russia’s Int’l Economic Forum
Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh is scheduled to participate in an upcoming major international economic conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow said Monday (June 6). Nematzadeh will head a large business delegation to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) which is set to be held on June 16-18, Mehdi Sanaei said. “We expect a large delegation headed...
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