A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Evgeny Charkin

Evgeny Charkin

Deputy Managing Director, Russian Railways
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06.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Digital Globalization: Starting with Global Logistics
Since 2012, we have been working closely on the use of international waybills. We have agreements on electronic document flow with several countries. We very much hope that by the end of this year, we will settle all the details with our Chinese partners and proceed to sign all the necessary agreements. We will begin piloting closely and then implement full-scale electronic document flow. The key issues are the readiness of our partners in terms of digitalization, both in document formats and technological readiness. It is crucial to ensure the absence of digital inequality both domestically and in international cooperation. Therefore, we often cannot provide a quality comprehensive digital service
16.06.2023
SPIEF 2023
Overcoming the Global Digital Crisis: Is There a Way Out?
On the one hand, the departure of foreign vendors did not affect us in any way – we were ready for it. On the other hand, it is clear that given the scale of Russian Railways, it is difficult, almost impossible, to replace everything in an instant. But much has already been done today. In terms of fundamental production processes, we definitely feel protected, and do not depend on foreign technology
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