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As part of the cooperation agreement signed in March 2020, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and Russian Export Center (REC) are joining forces to support export-oriented companies during COVID-19

On April 17, an extraordinary meeting of the Advisory Council of the Chambers of the EAEU member states was held in the form of video conferencing

The President of the CCI of Russia Sergey Katyrin held an operational meeting with the heads of the chambers of commerce and industry in the video conferencing mode

Over the past few weeks the CCI of Russia “hot line” received about 20 thousand calls with questions about measures by the state to support small and medium-sized businesses

The organizational meeting of the Russian-Thai Business Council was held in video conferencing form on April 7, 2020

The Vice-President of the CCI of Russia Vladimir Padalko held a videoconference with Chamber representatives abroad

In a letter published in 23/03/2020 edition of the Financial Times, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Secretary General John W.H. Denton calls on G20 heads of state and government to put past squabbles aside and agree on a comprehensive action plan to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic

On March 19, in Moscow, within the framework of the Russian Chairmanship of this association, the conference "BRICS Economic Cooperation Strategy" took place. The event was held in a videoconference mode

On March 18, a seminar of the latest technologies in the processing of sheet metal organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Russian office of Amada Concern (Japan) took place in the business center of the Marins Park Hotel Novosibirsk

On March 10, Vladimir Padalko, Vice President of the CCI of Russia, met in the Russian Chamber with the Executive Director of the Russian-British Chamber of Commerce (RBCC) Alf Torrents. Representative of the CCI of Russia in RBCC Sergey Averin also took part in the meeting

On March 11, the President of the CCI of Russia Sergey Katyrin met with the Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali

From February 25 to 26 the Vice-President of the CCI of Russia Maxim Fateev, the head of the representation of the CCI of Russia in Germany Sergey Nikitin and the Deputy Chairman of CCI of Russia’s Council on financial-industrial and investment policy Sergey Bezdelov paid a working visit to Upper Bavaria at the invitation of the German side

Bidding presentation of the CCI of Russia on the organization of the 13th World Congress of Cameras in 2023 took place on February 13, 2020 in Paris

The Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) in connection with the situation associated with the new coronavirus in the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues to carry out a complex of anti-epidemic measures that began in December last year after the first information on cases of an unknown disease in Wuhan

A general meeting of members of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) took place in Moscow. It was attended by a member of the RIAC, the President of the CCI of Russia Sergey Katyrin and Georgy Petrov, the Counsellor to the President of the CCI of Russia

An organizational meeting of the Russian-Emirate Business Council (REBC) was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. The meeting was moderated by the Vice-president of the CCI of Russia Vladimir Padalko

The Business forum "Russia-Mongolia. Doing Business on the EAEU single market", was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in the frame of the visit of the Prime Minister of Mongolia Ukhnaa Khurelsukh to Russia at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

The exchange of experience between the Russian and Finnish chambers and the search for new areas of business interaction is the main idea of the XI Conference of the Chambers of Commerce of Russia and Finland said President of the CCI of Russia Sergey Katyrin

On November 27, Vice-President Vladimir Padalko met with the delegation of the Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC), the main partner of the CCI of Russia in Norway, headed by its executive director Jarle Forbord. The meeting discussed the results of cooperation in 2019 and plans for 2020

President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Sergey Katyrin and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Russian Federation Malena Mard held a joint meeting

On October 13, in the capital of Brazil, the President of the CCI of Russia Sergei Katyrin, head of the Russian Chapter of the BRICS Business Council made a presentation at the BRICS Business Forum “Economic Partnership for a New Development Cycle”

The 16th Interregional Forum of Cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the Roscongress Foundation was held in Omsk

The President of the CCI of Russia Sergey Katyrin noted in his speech that the meeting is being held on the day of the 90th birthday of the outstanding statesman and politician Yevgeny Primakov. The Council of Heads of the CCI of the CIS member states was created 17 years ago and was closely associated with the name of Yevgeny Primakov. The fact that the Council lives and develops is a tribute to his memory

The Russia-Africa summit continues its work in Sochi. The CCI of Russia’s delegation led by Sergey Katyrin took part in the panel session “Business Associations of Russia and Africa: the starting point of a long-term business partnership”

After working meetings with representatives of the political and business circles of the African continent, Sergey Katyrin spoke at the panel session “EAEU - Africa: Trends and Prospects for the Development of Integration Processes and Cooperation”

Vladimir Padalko, the Vice - president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation took part in the Russian-Mauritius Business Forum

The Economic Forum of the European Chambers was held in Rome. Vladimir Padalko, the Vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation took place in the event

For the fifteenth time CCI of Russia hosted the traditional Russian-British investment forum “RussiaTALK” organized by the Russo -British Chamber of Commerce (RBCC) in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

Sergey Katyrin noted the similarity of many problems faced by the business of the BRICS and SCO countries. “Of course there are some nuances but the problems themselves are largely international,” said Sergey Katyrin and added that this is also confirmed by the themes of the work of the BRICS and SCO business councils. The problems of administrative pressure from the authorities, barriers, access to finance, lack of qualified workers are common to all BRICS and SCO countries

On September 11^th in connection with World Chambers Federation’s General Council meeting in Moscow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov met with the leaders of the International Chamber of Commerce, World Chambers Federation and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation