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.

Oleg Vyugin

Oleg Vyugin

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Moscow Exchange PJSC
Biography
Oleg Vyugin was born in the city of Ufa on July 29, 1952. He graduated from the faculty of mechanics and mathematics of the Moscow Lomonosov State University and holds a PhD degree in physics and mathematics. Mr Vyugin authored over 20 science research papers and publications on the probability theory and macroeconomic modeling. Oleg Vyugin holds the honorary title of the Distinguished Economist of the Russian Federation.

Currently, Mr Vyugin is the member of the Board of Directors, independent director, Chairman of Strategic Planning Committee PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, professor of the Economics Department at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. He also sits on the boards of other institutions: Russian National Association of Securities Market Participants NAUFOR (Chairman), the National Settlement Depository (Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Moscow Exchange (member of the Council), Skolkovo Ventures LLC (member of the Board of Directors), Fund «Center for strategic research» (member of the Board), National Council for Corporate Governance (Presidium member).

Mr Vyugin is the Member of Economic Council of the President of the Russian Federation, a member of the Expert Board of the Russian Federation Government, member of the Chairman’s Advisory Board of the Bank of Russia, member of the Public Council of the Russian Finance Ministry.

In different periods, Mr Vyugin held the posts of the First Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, First Vice-Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Head of Federal Service for Financial Markets, Extraordinary Advisor of the Russian Federation Prime Minister, Executive Vice-President of Troika-Dialog Investment Company, Senior Advisor for Russia and CIS of Morgan Stanley Bank LLC, Chairman of the MDM Bank Board of Directors
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03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Are Inflationary Trends in the Global Economy a Sign of Growth, a Result of Deglobalization, or an Indication of an Upcoming Crisis?
The main goal is to move away from inflationary expectations, which may have heated up the markets for a long time
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Are Inflationary Trends in the Global Economy a Sign of Growth, a Result of Deglobalization, or an Indication of an Upcoming Crisis?
The pandemic has created this unusual situation and now those huge injections of liquidity, especially in developed countries, most likely play less of a role than the need to rapidly restore demand to pre-pandemic levels. The demand is excessive, the logistics still lag behind
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