WORLD ECOMONIC FORUM – Russia CEO Roundtable

  RUSSIA GOVERNMENT during WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM last two years.

 

 

Russia CEO Roundtable-St Petersburg, Russia 6-8 June 2008

 

Co-Chairs
- Muhtar A. Kent, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA

Some 80 top CEOs from the World Economic Forum’s Member companies held a series of private meetings with the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and key ministers at the Russia CEO Roundtable held 6-8 June in St Petersburg, Russia. This first meeting of President Medvedev with the international business community came exactly one month after his inauguration.

“Everybody came away deeply impressed with the president’s keen knowledge of the business challenges and the opportunities that are present in Russia, and also his willingness to have an open and transparent dialogue”, said Muhtar A. Kent, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company after the private meeting with the president. “The businessmen raised two issues to be addressed: issue number one was the need for a more transparent legal and judicial system, and the second was infrastructure. Russia will become choked at this rate of development if major investments are not embarked upon now,” he added.

The CEOs from the World Economic Forum also met privately with Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister, and Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development, to discuss how Russia’s strong economic performance can be coupled with a continuing commitment to reforms.

The World Economic Forum has issued an official invitation to the new Russian President to open the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 in Davos from 28 January – 1 February. This invitation was welcomed by the CEOs participating who wish to continue the dialogue with the Russian authorities.

 Vladimir Putin  at the Sixth annual International Investment Forum  

The sixth annual International Investment Forum is underway in the future Olympic City of Sochi. Businessmen and politicians from Russia and across the world are taking part. Its goal is to attract investment to Russia’s regions, as well as to Sochi itself, as it prepares for the Winter Olympics in 2014.

Форума в 2007 в Давосе, Швейцарии.

НТВ-Россия о Ежегодном Саммите Всемирного Экономического Форума в 2007 в Давосе, Швейцарии.

(NTV Russia report in Russian about the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 2007 in Davos, Switzerland.)

 

 

Davos Annual Meeting 2007 in Switzerland

Modern Russia: Strengths, Challenges and New Prospects – January 27 th 2007

A Perspective from the Government Russia’s strong economic performance and growing assertiveness on the world stage is a key factor reshaping the global power equation.

1) How will Russia continue to strengthen its economic and geopolitical position in global affairs?
2) What is the role of a strong state in assuring stable development for Russia? What should the country do to stimulate investment in infrastructure development and encourage diversification?
3) How will WTO accession impact Russia’s role in the global economy?
Herman Gref, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation
Valentina I. Matvienko, Governor of St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Introduced by
Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Opening Remarks by
Dmitry Medvedev, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Chaired by
Lionel Barber, Editor, Financial Times, United Kingdom.