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.

Vladimir Kutyrev

Vladimir Kutyrev

Director, Russian Anti-Plague Scientific Research Institute "Microbe"
Quotes
17.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
The Sanitary Shield: Investing in Development
The sanitary shield is not only about the work done in the Russian Federation. It is a multifaceted endeavour, a professional one, and [would be impossible – ed.] without the creation of three bands which cover neighbouring countries and beyond. <...> Over the past few decades, 40 new infectious diseases have been identified, and were it not for COVID, we would be working on them professionally – fighting them
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
How to Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
The question of building, designing, and creating living systems is already being raised. This is synthetic biology. […] We mustn’t just react to an occurrence, but control the possibility of the occurrence. This requires very serious scientific research, expeditionary work, and environmental monitoring
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
How to Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
We have had many pandemics and there will be more pandemics. [...] Estimates put the number of viruses alone around the world at more than 100 million, of which only 6,000 have been described, and there are 500 types of viruses that cause pathologies in humans. So, the pool and potential for a viral world is huge
24.10.2019
Russia- Africa Economic Forum 2019
Biosecurity: Current Projects and Opportunities for Cooperation
For this work [fight against Ebola in Guinea, – Ed.] Russia provided leading specialists and scientists. They are also practitioners. <…> During the epidemic, two major institutes were involved: Vector, the virology centre in Novosibirsk and Microbe, the anti-plague institute.    <…> These specialists can enter the focus of any extremely dangerous infectious disease, which is very important. We can proudly declare these most state-of-the-art technologies that we have just discussed and that have been developed over the years exist within Rospotdebnadzor’s unique system. State-of-the-art technologies that ensure biosecurity