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.

Nikolay Kropachev

Nikolay Kropachev

Rector, St. Petersburg University
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28.06.2024
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2024
Values of Law in the New World Order
Today, the moratorium [on the death penalty – ed.] is in place because there is a resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation [resolution of the Constitutional Court No. 3-P, dated 02/02/1999 – ed.]. The Constitutional Court, through its chairman, states several times a year that there is a moratorium, and that it cannot be reviewed. However, as I see it, life experience has shown that this issue can come under review
28.06.2024
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2024
Values of Law in the New World Order
The decree on traditional values [No. 809, ‘Approval of the Fundamentals of State Policy for Preserving and Strengthening Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values’, dated 09/11/2022 – ed.] issued by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin clearly sets out what kind of society we should live in, what kind of society we should protect, and what kind of society to build. <...> Work is under way to analyse Russian legislation in its entirety to ensure that it complies with this decree. The All-Russian State University of Justice is involved in this endeavour. <...> There is a directive from Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko to the Rector of St. Petersburg State University to set up a consortium and work on this
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