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.

Vadim Zaripov

Vadim Zaripov

Head of Analytical Service, Pepeliaev Group
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29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Defining the Boundaries of Crime as a Way to Decriminalize Economic Activity and Improve the Business Climate
Excessive criminalization is taking place. <...> Economic disputes should not turn into criminal ones. <...> Why are we talking about this again now? The situation has changed, changed in favour of greater economic freedom and... criminal policy. <...> Fear of being held criminally liable, of course, greatly affects the business climate. It’s not so much the fear of a conviction as the initiation of a criminal case, which damages business ties and reputations. <...> But we can’t leave public interests unprotected. <...> In order to solve this problem, we have to form a new paradigm which would create a balance. <...> This requires painstaking legal work. We need research work followed by practical conclusions
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Legal Guarantees Ensuring Entrepreneurial Freedom
The best legal guarantee of entrepreneurial and personal liberty is independent courts, especially when it comes to threats of criminal liability for entrepreneurs