The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was held from June 20 to 22, 2013 – this year’s theme was “Finding Resolve to Build the New Global Economy”.
2013 was a record SPIEF year for the number of attendees – 7190 people attended, from 87 countries, out of which total there were 1245 media representatives. The Russian and international business community was well represented – SPIEF 2013 was attended by 176 major foreign corporations and 436 large-scale Russian businesses. Out of the companies who attended, 67 leaders of the foreign businesses, and 24 leaders of the Russian corporations have Forbes or Fortune listings. Moreover, 327 representatives of official foreign delegations attended SPIEF 2013.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/61934-st-petersburg-international-economic-forum-results
The 6th forum has become a record-breaking one by every measure by gathering 18,200 participants from 98 countries. During three thematic day-long sessions on business, government and society, presentations of more than 650 speakers took place.
Within the framework of the forum business program and in the press center 42 agreements were signed, including 24 partnership agreements with the Skolkovo Foundation. Notably some agreements deal with billion ruble infrastructural projects, such as, e.g. deploying the 5G network in Skolkovo, while other ones suggest direct investments of hundred million rubles, such as the agreement between VEB and IIDF amounting to 200 million dollars or the agreement between IBS company and “Skolkovo Venture – IT I” amounting to 100 million rubles.
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/uk/8210651-open-innovations-2017-record-breaking/
The 365-day countdown to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games officially began with the unveiling of new Countdown Clocks in eight cities across the Russian Federation. The excitement and anticipation for the next Olympic Winter Games grows as the days, hours, minutes and seconds tick away to 7 February, 2014 when the Opening Ceremony begins.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58690-sochi-OMEGA-olympic-winter-game-countdown
In presence of Russia\'s President Dimitri Medvedev the official ceremony for the laying of the Nord Stream pipeline took place in the Russian town of Vyborg. Roughly two 1220 km pipelines will be laid on the bed of the Baltic Sea between the Russian town of Vyborg and the German town of Lubmin. More than 200.000 single pipes need to be welded together, each of the 12 m long pipes has a diameter of 1,4 m and weighs about 24 tons. With start of the heating season 2011 the first gas will flow through the pipeline.
This is a promo trailer for the new live actor Mulan movie. One of the stars is the amazing Russian singer, Vitas, who also sings in the soundtrack. Other stars are:
Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Jaycee Chan, Hu Jun, and Xu Produced by Starlight International Media group.
CyberScout’s 5th annual Privacy XChange Forum included an exciting roster of experts and industry leaders to discuss and shape the cybersecurity and privacy agenda for the coming year. CyberScout founder Adam Levin welcomed an all star line up of speakers, including former US Attorney Preet Bharara, counter-terrorism expert Malcolm Nance, and Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Bruce Schneier who put into sharp focus the need to make cybersecurity a front burner issue in the wake of the devastating Equifax breach and Russian hacking and interference in US elections.
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8186451-cyberscout-privacy-xchange-forum/
The Solitaire is the largest pipelay vessel in the world. Now, on ist way to russian waters, the gigantic workship crossed the longest suspension bridge in Europe: the Storebaeltbridge, which connects the Danish islands of Funen and Zealand.
