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.

Irina Pankina

Irina Pankina

Deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on State Building and Legislation, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
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30.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
The Right to Self-Defence and Protection of the Home: Theory and Law Enforcement
There are no discussions without an actual problem. Legislators are open to such discussions. The institute of necessary self-defence has been successfully operating for 20 years. We are speaking of doctrines that take time to get elaborated
30.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
The Right to Self-Defence and Protection of the Home: Theory and Law Enforcement
On the one hand, the notion of necessary self-defence implies limits, but life is not that simple. Full decriminalization is not really justified, although some conceptual things must remain. Expanding law enforcement is somewhat justified. But expanding it does not provide for exclusion. If the perpetrator is violent or threatens, the person attacked of threatened can apply self-defence
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Your Data Please: Legal Regulation of Databases
Our new bill is aimed primarily at ensuring this transparent mechanism for processing personal data, as well as strengthening and establishing liability for the cross-border transfer of personal data. What do we propose to do to solve this problem? First of all, operators will have an additional obligation to notify Roskomnadzor of data leaks and conduct their own internal investigations. Now the operators are not obliged to do this, so in fact there is no quality cooperation between the operators and the state system. Also, the response time of operators to requests from a citizen or Roskomnadzor is almost three times shorter
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Your Data Please: Legal Regulation of Databases
Often when a person enters into a contract, one way or another personal data processing conditions are imposed, and those conditions are not directly related to the subject of the contract
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Your Data Please: Legal Regulation of Databases
Experts from the Higher School of Economics conducted an interesting study on the population's demand for digital technology, which showed that people increasingly afraid [to leave – Ed.] their personal information anywhere. The majority of users, nearly 84%, feel absolutely powerless against the growing risks of losing control over their data online, with more than half admitting that they cannot protect themselves against information theft. And the majority of respondents – that's more than 70% – do not want to leave their data online under any circumstance
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Your Data Please: Legal Regulation of Databases
We all want businesses to develop, to offer us more personalized services. Let us look at this as a triangle, where each of the three sides represents a different sphere: the individual, the business, and the government. The individual needs services, the business needs relevant data that it will offer in a timely, responsive, and agile manner. <...> The goal for the state is to find a balance between the individual and business